Gagnepains barberry
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Gagnepain's barberry ( Berberis gagnepainii ) |
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Gagnepain's barberry ( Berberis gagnepainii ) is a species of plant from the genus of barberries ( Berberis ) in the family of the barberry family (Berberidaceae) originating from China . The author Camillo Karl Schneider , who first described this species, named it in honor of the French botanist in Paris François Gagnepain (1866–1952).
distribution
Gagnepain's barberry is native to western China . It was introduced in Europe in 1904 by Ernest Henry Wilson , who collected plants for Veitch and Sons in western and central China from 1899 to 1905 .
description
Gagnepain's barberry is a small, dense, evergreen shrub with upright branches. The numerous foliage leaves are studded with many spines on the leaf edge, narrow and up to 10 cm long, their edges bent over wavy. The upper side of the leaf is dull green, the underside glossy green. The leaf spines are tripartite and up to 2 cm long. Six to twelve of the yellow flowers are in clusters. The berries are frosted with black and blue.
use
Like many other barberries, this species is used as an ornamental shrub. Due to its growth, it is suitable for impenetrable hedges.
to form
Gagnepain's barberry is a very diverse species. Many of the cultivated plants belong to the natural variety Berberis gagnepainii var. Lanceifolia Ahrendt.
hybrid
The species forms hybrids with other species of the genus :
With the warty barberry , the variety Berberis gagnepainii var. Lanceifolia of Gagnepains barberry forms the hybrid Berberis × hybrido-gagnepainii Ahrendt .
supporting documents
- Jost Fitschen : Woody flora , arr. By Franz H. Meyer, 11. Erw. and corrected edition, Quelle and Meyer, Wiebelsheim 2002, ISBN 3-494-01268-7
- John Kelly & John Hillier (eds.): The Hillier Trees & Bushes , 1st edition, Thalacker-Medien, Braunschweig 1997, ISBN 3-87815-086-5
- Robert Zander : Zander. Concise dictionary of plant names. Edited by Walter Erhardt , Erich Götz, Nils Bödeker, Siegmund Seybold . 16th edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-8001-5080-8 .
