Mahonia Nutt.
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Mahonia Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 211-212 (1818)
Nomenclature
Nutt.
Nutt.
1818
211-212
ICN
Mahonia Nutt.
genus
Mahonia
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Descriptions
Mahonia Nutt.
Glabrous evergreen shrubs, occasionally tree-like; wood yellow. Lvs never modified to form spines, imparipinnate, rarely 3-foliolate; leaflets usually with spiny margins. Fls usually numerous in racemes and panicles arising fasciculately from the axils of bud scales. Perianth yellow; segments 15, sometimes the outer 3 bract-like. Stamens 6. Ovary with few ovules; style 0 or short. Berry black, usually with glaucous bloom.
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1 January 2000
15 June 2015