Berberis swaseyi[4] (Texas barberry)[5] is a rare species of barberry endemic to the Edwards Plateau region of Texas. It grows in limestone ridges and canyons. The species is evergreen, with thick, rigid, five-to-nine foliolate leaves. Berries are dry or juicy, white to red, about 9–16 mm in diam.[6][7]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Berberidaceae |
| Genus: | Berberis |
| Species: | B. swaseyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Berberis swaseyi Buckl. ex Young
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The compound leaves place this species in the group sometimes segregated as the genus Mahonia.[6][8][9][10]
References
edit- ^ NatureServe (5 April 2024). "Mahonia swaseyi". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Berberis swaseyi Buckley". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ WFO (2024). "Berberis swaseyi Buckley". World Flora Online. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ M. J. Young, Flora of Texas 152. 1873.
- ^ NRCS. "Mahonia swaseyi". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 28 June 2015.
- ^ a b Flora of North America, vol 3
- ^ Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.
- ^ Loconte, H., & J. R. Estes. 1989. Phylogenetic systematics of Berberidaceae and Ranunculales (Magnoliidae). Systematic Botany 14:565-579.
- ^ Marroquín, Jorge S., & Joseph E. Laferrière. 1997. Transfer of specific and infraspecific taxa from Mahonia to Berberis. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 30(1):53-55.
- ^ Laferrière, Joseph E. 1997. Transfer of specific and infraspecific taxa from Mahonia to Berberis. Bot. Zhurn. 82(9):96-99.