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Berberidaceae

Berberis

Berberis nervosa Pursh

First published in Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 219 (1813)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is SW. Canada to CW. California. It is a subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution
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Native to:

British Columbia, California, Idaho, Oregon, Washington

Homotypic Synonyms

Mahonia nervosa (Pursh) Nutt. in Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 212 (1818)
Odostemon nervosus (Pursh) Rydb. in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 141 (1906)

Heterotypic Synonyms

Berberis glumacea Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 120 (1825)
Berberis nervosa var. mendocinensis Roof in Four Seasons 3(1): 8 (1969)
Berberis pinnata Buch ex DC. in Syst. Nat. 2: 21 (1821), pro syn.
Mahonia glumacea DC. in Syst. Nat. 2: 21 (1821)
Mahonia nervosa var. mendocinensis (Roof) Roof in Changing Seasons 1(3:Suppl.): 14 (1981)

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (1997). Flora of North America North of Mexico 3: 1-590. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
Meyers, S.C. & al. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Oregon 2: 1-861. Botanical research institute of Texas Press.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Mahonia nervosa.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (1997). Flora of North America North of Mexico 3: 1-590. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Living Collection Database
- Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images