Berberis dictyota
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Berberidaceae |
| Genus: | Berberis |
| Species: | B. dictyota
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| Binomial name | |
| Berberis dictyota Jeps.
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| Synonyms[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] | |
Berberis dictyota, now reclassified as Berberis aquifolium var. dictyota,[2] with the common names Jepson's oregon grape and shining netvein barberry, is a flowering plant in the Barberry family.[3][9]
Description
[edit]Berberis dictyota is an evergreen shrub up to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) tall. Leaves are pinnate, with 5-7 leaflets; leaflets thick and rigid, whitish with a thick waxy layer on the underside, up to 9 cm long, with spines along the edges.[2]
Yellow flowers are borne in dense racemes of up to 50 flowers.[2] The bloom period is February through April.[3]
Berries are egg-shaped, dark blue, sometimes with a waxy coating, up to 7 mm long.[2][7][10][11]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]The plant is endemic to California. It is very widespread, found from the Peninsular Ranges in San Diego County north to the Klamath Mountains in Siskiyou County, and east to the Sierra Nevada.[2][3][12]
It is native to chaparral, Foothill oak woodland, and yellow pine forest habitats, at elevations of 600–1,800 metres (2,000–5,900 ft).[2][3][7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "NatureServe Explorer - Berberis dictyota". NatureServe Explorer Berberis dictyota. NatureServe. 2022-05-30. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Jepson eFlora: Berberis aquifolium var. dictyota . accessed 31 October 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f Calflora: Berberis aquifolium var. dictyota . accessed 31 October 2016.
- ^ Tropicos
- ^ Jepson, Willis Linn. 1921. Flora of California 1: 549.
- ^ Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. California Flora 1–1681. University of California Press, Berkeley.
- ^ a b c Flora of North America vol 3, Berberis dictyota
- ^ Abrams, LeRoy. 1910. Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden 6(21): 360, Odostemon dictyota
- ^ NRCS. "Mahonia dictyota". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ^ Jepson, Willis Linn. 1891. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 18(11): 319
- ^ Fedde, Friedrich Karl Georg. 1901. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 31(1–2): 89, Mahonia dictyota
- ^ Biota of North America Project floristic synthesis, Mahonia dictyota
External links
[edit]- Calflora Database: Berberis aquifolium var. dictyota (Jepson's oregon grape, Shining netvein barberry)
- Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Berberis aquifolium var. dictyota
- U.C. Calphotos gallery of Berberis aquifolium var. dictyota
- NatureServe apparently secure species
- Berberis
- Endemic flora of California
- Flora of the Klamath Mountains
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
- Plants described in 1891
- Taxa named by Willis Linn Jepson
- Plants used in Native American cuisine