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Cultivation RBGE, collected from Chiguayante
Cultivation RBGE, collected from Chiguayante.
Photo:  © M.F.Gardner, RBGE
Ber Neg Img 0362 Wc
Photo:  © M.F.Gardner, RBGE
Ber Neg Img 0946 Wc
Photo:  © M.F.Gardner, RBGE
Ber Neg 2 Wc
Photo:  © P.Hechenleitner V., RBGE
Ber Neg Img 4896 Wc
Photo:  © M.F.Gardner, RBGE
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  3. Family: Berberidaceae
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Berberidaceae

Berberis negeriana Tischler

Place of Publication

Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 31: 640 (1902)

Type citation

Chile. Concepción, Neger s.n. (Holotype, M!, = ASU photo! = F neg. 19123!)

References

  • Orsi (1976)

    Orsi, M.C. 1976. Sinopsis de las especies Argentinas del género Berberis (Berberidaceae). Bulletin of the Botanical Society of Argentina 17: 127-149

  • Tischler (1902)

    Tischler, G. 1902. Die Berberidaceen und Podophyllaceen. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 31: 640

  • 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

  • Hechenleitner et al. (2005)

    Hechenleitner, P. , Gardner, M.F. , Thomas, P.I. , Echeverría, C , Escobar, B. , Brownless, P. and Martínez A., C. 2005. Plantas amenazadas del centro-sur de Chile: distribución, conservación y propagación, 1a edición. Valdivia: Trama Impresores S.A

  • Flores et al. (2017)

    Flores, E , Pérez, H. and Pedraza, M. 2017. Contribución al conocimiento de la distribución de tres especies de flora amenazada en la cordillera de Nahuelbuta. Chloris Chilensis 20(1)

Iconography

  • Hechenleitner et al. (2005): 57
  • Landrum (1999): 12d
  • Marticorena & Rodríguez (2003): 4a

Conservation status

  • Crtically Endangered: CR B1ab(iii); B2ab(iii) (Hechenleitner et al. (2005))

Descriptions

  • Landrum (1999)
  • Marticorena & Rodríguez (2003)
  • Orsi (1976)

Habit

Evergreen shrub to 1 m tall

Key characteristics

Although this species was once included in B. serratodentata it differs markedly by having lustrous leaves below; margins coarsely serrate with 6-16 spine-tipped teeth per side and peduncles (inlcuding the rachis) 2-8 cm long.

Notes

Seed of this species is banked by the national seed bank of Chile, INIA.