Genus: Mahonia

Mahonia aquifolium
Mahonia aquifolium

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Nomenclature

Mahonia Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. (Nuttall) 1: 211. 1818, nom. cons. Odostemon Raf., Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 4: 192. 1819. TYPE: Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt.

List of Mahonia Species

References to Mahonia

  • Ahrendt, L. W. A. 1961. Berberis and Mahonia: a taxonomic revision. J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 57: 1-410.
  • Dermen, H. 1931. A study of chromosome number in two genera of the Berberidaceae: Mahonia and Berberis. J. Arnold Arbor. 12: 281-7.
  • Terebayashi, S. 1978. Studies in morphology and systematics of Berberidaceae II. Floral anatomy of Mahonia japonica (Thunb.) DC. and Berberis thunbergii DC. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 29: 106-18.
  • Tischler, G. 1902. Die Berberidaceen und Podophyllaceen. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 31: 596-727. (In German)