Hooker's barberry
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Hooker barberry ( Berberis hookeri ) is a species in the genus of barberry ( Berberis ) in the family of Barberry (Berberidaceae).
distribution
The home of Hookers barberry is in Nepal , in Bhutan , the Indian provinces Sikkim and Assam , and in Chinese Xinjiang .
description
Hooker's barberry is an evergreen, upright shrub that can reach a height of 1.2 meters. The twigs are brown and angular, the thorns are three-part and up to 3 centimeters long. The leaves are elliptical-lanceolate in shape, thin-leather, glossy dark green on top and almost blue-white on the underside; they are up to 7 centimeters long, have network nerves and have 7 to 15 forward-facing teeth on each side. The flowers are yellow-green and 2 to 6 are in corymbs from May to June.
use
Like many other barberries, this species is often used as an ornamental shrub.
Systematics
- Berberis hookeri var. Viridis C.K. Cutting. has green leaves underneath.
- Berberis hookeri var. Latifolia hort. is a synonym for Berberis manipurana Ahrendt .
The species forms hybrids with other species of the genus :
With the warty barberry ( Berberis verruculosa ) the variety var. Viridis forms the hybrid Berberis × interposita Ahrendt .
swell
- Robert Zander : Zander. Concise dictionary of plant names. Edited by Walter Erhardt , Erich Götz, Nils Bödeker, Siegmund Seybold . 17th edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3573-6 .
- Andreas Roloff , Andreas Bärtels: Flora of the woods . 2nd Edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2006, ISBN 3-8001-4832-3 .