Berberis fordii

Berberis fordii is a species of shrub in the Berberidaceae described as a species in 1913. It is endemic to China, found in Chongqing and Guangdong Provinces.^[2]

Berberis fordii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Berberidaceae
Genus:	Berberis
Species:	B. fordii
Binomial name
Berberis fordii (C.K.Schneid.) Laferr.
Synonyms[1]
Mahonia fordii C.K.Schneid.

Taxonomy

Berberis fordii was initially scientifically described and named Mahonia fordii by Camillo Karl Schneider.^[1][3] A paper was published by Joseph Edward Laferrière in 1997 summarized the arguments for reclassifying moving it and other species of genus Mahonia to be part of genus Berberis. As of 2023 this is the most commonly accepted classification.^[1][4]

References

1. "Berberis fordii (C.K.Schneid.) Laferr". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
2. Flora of China Vol. 19 Page 782 北江十大功劳 bei jiang shi da gong lao Mahonia fordii
3. Schneider, Camillo Karl. 1913. in Sargent, Charles Sprague, Plantae Wilsonianae. An Enumeration of the Woody Plants Collected in Western China for the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University 1: 383
4. Laferrière, Joseph Edward (1997). "Transfer of Specific and Infraspecific Taxa from Mahonia to Berberis (Berberidaceae)". Botanicheskii Zhurnal. 82 (9): 95–97. Retrieved 8 November 2023.