Boxwood barberry ( Latin Berberis buxifolia ) is a shrub , a species of the genus Barberry ( Berberis ) of the Barberry family ( Berberidaceae ).
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Berberis buxifolia Lam. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The natural range of the species covers South America - Argentina and Chile , from the Strait of Magellan to Valdivia .
Often found in culture. The Nikitsky Botanical Garden was introduced in the middle of the XIX century .
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Botanical Description
Compact evergreen shrub up to 3 m high, with brown, pubescent shoots .
Leaves are elliptical, wedge-shaped to the base, with a tip at the apex, whole-edge, up to 5 cm long. Three-prickly spines, up to 1.5 cm long.
Yellow-orange flowers , collected in 1-2, on thin pedicels up to 2.5 cm long.
Fruits are almost spherical, red
Classification
Taxonomy
Species of barberry is included in the genus Barberry ( Berberis ) tribe Barberry ( Berberideae ) of the subfamily Barberry ( Berberidoideae ) of the family Barberry ( Berberidaceae ) of the order Ranunculales .
| 1 more subfamily (according to APG II System ) | another 11-14 births | |||||||||||||||
| Barberry family | barberry tribe | view Barberry boxwood | ||||||||||||||
| the order of buttercups | subfamily barberry | clan barberry | ||||||||||||||
| 9 more families (according to APG II System ) | 1 more tribe (according to APG II System ) | another 450 to 600 species | ||||||||||||||
Representatives
As part of the issue, a span of forms is distinguished: [2]
- Berberis buxifolia f. nana mouillef. - compact most decorative form.
- Berberis buxifolia f. pygmaea ( Koehne ) Usteri - with branches devoid of thorns, and serrated leaves characteristic of young plants.
- Berberis buxifolia f. spinosissima Reiche - with long spines exceeding the leaves.
Notes
- ↑ For the conventionality of specifying the class of dicotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Dicotyledonous article .
- ↑ According to the book “Trees and Shrubs of the USSR” (see section Literature ).
Literature
- Genus 3. Barberry - Berberis L. // Trees and shrubs of the USSR. Wild, cultivated and promising for introduction. / Ed. volumes S. Ya. Sokolov . - M. - L .: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR , 1954. - T. III. Angiosperms. Trochodendron families - Rosaceae. - S. 58-60. - 872 s. - 3000 copies.