Berberis congestiflora Gay

Place of Publication

Fl. Chil. [Gay] 1.: 81 (1845)

Type citation

Valdivia, Gay s.n., 1839 [Lectotype, designated by Landrum 1999, P; isolectotypes: P, G]

Common names

michai (Landrum (1999))

References

Gay (1845)

Gay, C. 1845. Historia física y política de Chile: Botánica, vol. 1(1):1-104. Paris & Chile (Museo Historia Natural de Santiago)
Landrum (1999)

Landrum, L.R. 1999. Revision of Berberis (Berberidaceae) in Chile and Adjacent Southern Argentina. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 84(4): 793-804
Marticorena & Rodríguez (2003)

Marticorena , C. and Rodríguez , R. 2003. Flora de Chile, Vol. 2(2) Berberidaceae-Betulaceae. Universidad de Concepción

Iconography

Landrum (1999): Figs: 4F-H, 6C, 10B

Regions

Araucanía and Los Ríos

Habitat

Mediterranean and Mountain matorral & sclerophyllous forest

Distribution and habitat

Restricted to the Central Valley of Chile where it occurs from Province Cautín (Region Araucanía) to La Unión (Region Los Ríos). It grows in open areas that has now been converted to agricultural land and is often seen along fence lines (Landrum, 1999).

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Conservation status

Not Threatened

Descriptions

Landrum (1999)

Habit

Evergreen shrub to 3 m tall. Flowering mainly from October to December. Fruiting mainly in January (Landrum, 1999).

Key characteristics

Closely related to B. actinacantha from which it differs by having new leaves appearing on flowering branches (vs. non-flowering branches) with entire leaves distinctly white glaucous beneath (vs. toothed margins not glaucous beneath), up to 25 flowers per inflorescence, pedicles 2-4 mm long (vs. 14, pedicles 3-20 mm long) (Landrum, 1999).