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Berberis tibetensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Berberidaceae
Genus:	Berberis
Species:	B. tibetensis
Binomial name
Berberis tibetensis Laferr.
Synonyms
Mahonia taronensis Hand.-Mazz. (1923 publ. 1924)

Berberis tibetensis is a shrub in the family Berberidaceae described as a species in 1923. It is endemic to China, found in Tibet and Yunnan.

Taxonomy

Berberis tibetensis was initially scientifically described and named Mahonia taronensis by Heinrich von Handel-Mazzetti. Because of its previous name it was sometimes confused with Berberis taronensis, a different species, also native to Yunnan and Tibet.

A paper published by Joseph Edward Laferrière in 1997 summarized the arguments for Mahonia being more properly classified as a synonym of Berberis renaming it Berberis tibetensis. As of 2023 this is the most common classification by botanists.

References

1. Flora of China, Vol. 19 Page 775 独龙十大功劳 du long shi da gong lao Mahonia taronensis Handel-Mazzetti
2. ^ "Berberis tibetensis Laferr". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
3. Handel-Mazzetti, Heinrich Raphael Eduard von. (1923). "Plantae novae Sinenses". Anzeiger der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien (in German and Latin). 40. Vienna: 181–182. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
4. "Berberis taronensis". Flora of China @ efloras.org. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
5. WFO (2023). "Berberis tibetensis Laferr". World Flora Online. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
6. Laferrière, Joseph Edward (1997). "Transfer of Specific and Infraspecific Taxa from Mahonia to Berberis (Berberidaceae)". Botanicheskii Zhurnal. 82 (9): 95–98. Retrieved 8 November 2023.

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