Oblong barberry

	Oblong barberry
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryotes
Kingdom:	Plants
Kingdom :	Green plants
Department:	Flowering
Grade:	Dicotyledonous
Order :	Ranunculanae Takht. ex Reveal , 1993
Order:	Buttercups
Family:	Barberry
Subfamily :	Barberry
Tribe :	Barberry
Subtribe :	Berberidinae
Gender:	Barberry
View:	Oblong barberry
International scientific name
	Berberis oblonga ( Regel ) CKSchneid.
Synonyms
	Berberis heterobotrys ELWolf; Berberis heteropoda var. oblonga regel basionym;

Barberry oblong ( lat. Berberis oblonga ) - a shrub , a species of the genus Barberry ( Berberis ) of the family Barberry ( Berberidaceae ).

Distribution and Ecology

In nature , the range of the species covers the Tien Shan and Pamir-Alai . Endemic . Described from Chotkal .

It grows on the dry southern slopes in the forest-steppe belt and in the subalpine zone .

Botanical Description

Shrub up to 2.5 m tall, branched. Young twigs are brownish, older gray.

Leaves obovate, oblong or elliptic, up to 6 cm long, obtuse, narrowed to petiole , whole-marginal or slightly serrated along the edge, membranous, grayish-green above, somewhat bluish below. Spines simple or tripartite, up to 15 mm long.

The flowers are up to 1 cm across, in branched paniculate brushes , usually 10–20, rarely more. Pedicels up to 8 mm long. The ovary is oblong, with 1-3 ovules .

Berries are black with a gray raid, oblong-elliptical, up to 1 cm long, not more than 6 mm wide. Seed is usually one.

Taxonomy

The species Barberry oblong belongs to the genus Barberry ( Berberis ) tribe Barberry ( Berberideae ) of the subfamily Barberry ( Berberidoideae ) of the family Barberry ( Berberidaceae ) of the order of Ranunculales .

1 more subfamily
(according to APG II System )

another 11-14 births

Barberry family

barberry tribe

view
Oblong barberry

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

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 .

Literature

Genus 547. Barberry - Berberis L. // Flora of the USSR : in 30 t / h. ed. V.L. Komarov . - M .; L .: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR , 1937. - T. 7 / ed. volumes B.K. Shishkin . - S. 556. - 792, XXVI p. - 5200 copies.

[1] 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 .