Berberis gracilis

palo amarillo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Berberidaceae
Genus:	Mahonia
Species:	M. gracilis
Binomial name
	Mahonia gracilis; (Benth.) Fedde
Synonyms
	Berberis gracilis var. madrensis Marroq.; Mahonia gracilis (Benth.) Fedde; Odostemon gracilis (Benth.) Standl.;

Mahonia gracilis is a plant species native to the Mexico, widely distributed from Tamaulipas to Oaxaca.^[2]^[3]

Mahonia gracilis is a shrub. Leaves are pinnately compound with 4-7 pairs of leaflets plus a larger terminal leaflet, all lanceolate with teeth along the margins. Flowers are yellow 6-parted flowers, borne in an elongated raceme. Fruits are dark blue and egg-shaped.^[2]^[4]^[5]

References

^ Tropicos
^ ^a ^b Marroquín, Jorge S. 1972. Cuadernos del Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, México 15: 14.
^ Standley, Paul Carpenter. 1922. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 23(2): 272, Odostemon gracilis
^ Bentham, George. 1840. Plantas Hartwegianas imprimis Mexicanas 34, Berberis gracilis
^ Fedde, Friedrich Karl Georg. 1901 Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 31: 95, Mahonia gracilis

External links

photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, Mahonia gracilis collected in Nuevo León, México

[1] Tropicos

[jorge-2] Marroquín, Jorge S. 1972. Cuadernos del Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, México 15: 14.

[3] Standley, Paul Carpenter. 1922. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 23(2): 272, Odostemon gracilis

[4] Bentham, George. 1840. Plantas Hartwegianas imprimis Mexicanas 34, Berberis gracilis

[5] Fedde, Friedrich Karl Georg. 1901 Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 31: 95, Mahonia gracilis

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