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Mahonia

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons >  Order: Ranunculales > Family: Berberidaceae

About 70 species, indigenous to Asia, North America and Central America. Five species have been cultivated in southern Africa.

Species cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Mahonia aquifolium (Oregon grape)

Indigenous to western USA and Canada.

 

Mahonia bealei (Leatherleaf mahonia)

Indigenous to China.

Mahonia lomariifolia

Indigenous to Burma and China

 

Mahonia pinnata

Indigenous to western USA and Mexico.

 

Mahonia trifoliolata

Indigenous to southern USA and Mexico.

 

Publications

  • Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated Plants of Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.

 

 

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