維基百科:臺灣教育專案/臺大植物分類學 (106-2)/提報作業/玉山小檗

Berberis morrisonensis,commonly known as Yushan Barberry (Chinese:玉山小檗) or Red Fruit Baeberry (Chinese:紅果小櫱、赤果小櫱) is perennial deciduous shrubs belonging to the genus Berberis and endemic to Taiwan.

Yushan Barberry
科學分類
域： Eukarya 界： Plantae 門： Magnoliophyta 綱： Magnoliopsida 目： Ranunculales 科： Berberidaceae 屬： Berberis 種： Berberis morrisonensis
二名法
Berberis morrisonensis Hayata, 1911

Distribution

It is located in the high-altitude mountain area above 3,000 meters in Taiwan and is distributed in the Xueshan Range, Central mountain range, and Yushan Mountain Range. However, the Central Mountain Range still dominates. The deciduous shrubs distributed in the margins of high-altitude forests in Taiwan or in high-altitude forest borders belong to the neutral and slightly shade-loving species, which makes it the highest distributed species among the genus Berberis.

Characteristics

It is a perennial deciduous shrub that grows in grows in open areas , forests, arrow bamboo grove, or cuttings with good light transmission. The plant height is about 1 meter and there are three small thorns on the stem. Leaves 8–10 together, papery narrowly obovate to oblanceolate, leaf about 1.5–2.5 cm in length, and 0.5–1 cm in width. The leaf margins are sparsely sharply serrate, and the leaves on both sides are of the same color and hairless, but sometimes the lower half of the leaves will be pale green with obvious veins. Yellow long elliptic flowers, 3-6 bunches clustered in leaf axils, short panicles; pedicels 2.5-3 cm long; outer sepals long-ovate, about 3.5 cm long, 1.5 cm wide, and inner sepals 6 cm long , 3 cm wide; petals are elliptic, 5-6 cm long, 3-3.5 cm wide; ovules approximately 4-9. Red round spherical berries, approximately 1 cm long. Every year from the end of April to May in late spring and early summer is the budding period. Fl. Jun-Jul, Fr. Sep-Oct, leaves falling from November to December, and entering dormancy during the winter.

Reference

• 玉山小蘗 Berberis morrisonensis Hayata, 1911. 臺灣物種名錄. 臺灣: 中央研究院生物多樣性研究中心. [2013-1-24] （中文（臺灣））.