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Mahonia bealei (FORTUNE) CARR. |
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Fam.: Berberidaceae / Barberry Fam.
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| Synon.: Berberis bealei FORTUNE |
| Genus: Mahonia NUTT., Berberis L. |
Mahonia bealei is an example of an Asian Mahonia, it comes from China. In Europe it is planted in parks. Other similar Asian Mahonia include Mahonia japonica and the horticultural hybrid between the two, Mahonia x media. The frequently cultivated and also imbruted Mahonia of the group around Mahonia aquifolium are however of American origin. |
| Authors: | |||
| Robert Fortune (1812 - 1880), Scottish gardener and explorer | |||
| Élie-Abel Carričre (1818 - 1896), French botanist | |||
| Thomas Nuttall (1786 - 1859), English botanist | |||
| Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals | |||
| Etymology: | |||
| Mahonia: | Bernard McMahon (1775 - 1816), American gardener | ||
| bealei: | Beale (fl.1850), British gardener in Shanghai who cultivated this shortly before discovered species | ||
| Berberis: | from the Arabic name of the fruit | ||
| japonica: | from Japan | ||
| media: | the middle one | ||
| aquifolium: | holly-leaved | ||
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