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Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt.
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Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. (1818)
Nomenclature
(Pursh) Nutt.
Pursh
Nutt.
1818
ICN
species
Mahonia aquifolium
Classification
Vernacular names
Descriptions
Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt.
Shrub 0.5-1-(2) m high, many-stemmed and stoloniferous. Lvs to c. 25 cm long, composed of 3-7 pairs of sessile (excluding the terminal) leaflets, without basal pair of stipule-like leaflets; petiole (0)-1-4 cm long, dark red. Most leaflets 5-9.5 × 2.5-5 cm, ovate or elliptic-ovate, glossy above, prominently reticulate; margins undulate and spinose-dentate; apex spiny. Scales at base of fascicled racemes 5-10 mm long, membranous, brown. Racemes eventually to 6 or 7 cm long. Bracts broadly ovate, much < pedicels at anthesis. Perianth segments to 7 mm long, ovate to obovate, imbricate; segments of innermost whorl shorter and emarginate. Stamens included; filaments with 2 teeth. Stigma sessile. Berry c. 10 mm diam., globose, blue-black, pruinose.
Taxonomic concepts
Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt.
Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt.
Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt.
Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt.
Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt.
Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt.
Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt.
Metadata
aece0bfe-496b-496b-8616-03ac39779553
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
24 March 2015