Mahonia
Description | Mahonia is a genus of approximately 70 species of evergreen shrubs and rarely small trees in the family Berberidaceae, native to eastern Asia, the Himalaya, North and Central America. They are closely related to the genus Berberis and botanists disagree on whether to recognize a separate Mahonia. Many botanists prefer to classify Mahonia as a part of Berberis because several species in both genera are able to hybridize, and because there are no consistent morphological differences between the two groups other than the leaf pinnation (Berberis sensu stricto appear to have simple leaves, but these are in reality compound with a single leaflet and are termed "unifoliolate"; additionally their branched spines are modified compound leaves). However, a recent DNA-based phylogenetic study retains the two separate genera, by clarifying that unifoliolate-leaved Berberis s.s. is derived from within a paraphyletic group of shrubs bearing imparipinnate evergreen leaves, which the paper then divides into three genera: Mahonia, Alloberberis (formerly Mahonia section Horridae), and Moranothamnus (formerly Berberis claireae); it confirms that a broadly-circumscribed Berberis (that is, including Mahonia, Alloberberis, and Moranothamnus) is monophyletic. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahonia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Ranunculales : Berberidaceae : Mahonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Spermatophyta : Magnoliopsida : Ranunculales : Berberidaceae : Mahonia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Mahonia Nutt. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (33%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. W. Brown. 1959. A bat and some plants from the upper Oligocene of Oregon. Journal of Paleontology 33(1):125-129 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Name(s) | Mahonior, Oregon Grape, Barberry, Mahonie | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahonia |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Mahonia aquifolium x pinnata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mahonia aquifolium x repens species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mahonia aceroides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mahonia amplectans species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mahonia cuprovallis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mahonia deweyensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mahonia elkoana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mahonia eutrophylla species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mahonia furnaria species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mahonia ganpinensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mahonia leschenaultii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mahonia limirivuli species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mahonia lobodonta ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
Mahonia marguerita species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mahonia mohavensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
Mahonia monyulensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mahonia obliqua species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mahonia pallida species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mahonia philippinensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mahonia prelanceolata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mahonia staphyleaeforme species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mahonia subdenticulata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1818 | Mahonia Nuttall |
1959 | Mahonia Brown p. 128 |