Vasilis Teodoridis:
Mahonia oiwakensis Hayata; Icon. Pl. Formosan. 6: 1. 1916.
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Berberis caelicolor (S. Y. Bao) Laferri?re; B. discolorifolia
(Ahrendt) Laferri?re; B. lomariifolia (Takeda) Laferri?re;
B. lomariifolia var. estylis (C. Y. Wu ex S. Y. Bao) Laferri?re; B.
oiwakensis (Hayata) Laferri?re; Mahonia alexandri C. K.
Schneider; M. caelicolor S. Y. Bao; M. discolorifolia Ahrendt;
M. hainanensis C. M. Hu et al.; M. lomariifolia Takeda; M.
lomariifolia var. estylis C. Y. Wu ex S. Y. Bao; M. morrisonensis
Takeda.
Trees; 1–7 m tall. Leaves abaxially yellowish green; adaxially
dark green; oblong-elliptic; 15–42 x 8–15 cm; leaflets 12–
20 pairs; lowest pair 0.5–1 cm above base of petiole; abaxially
slightly veined or veins obscure; rachis 2–3 mm thick; internodes
1.5–5 cm; decreasing in length apically; petiolule 5–10
mm or leaflets sometimes sessile; lowest leaflets ovate to suborbicular;
1.5–3 x 1–1.5 cm; apically becoming ovate-lanceolate
or lanceolate; 2–10 x 1–2.5 cm; base rounded; margin 2–9-
spinose-serrate on each side; apex cuspidate-acuminate; terminal
leaflet 4–6.5 x 0.9–1.5 cm. Inflorescence 7–18-fascicled
racemes; 9–25 cm; bracts of inflorescence broadly lanceolate to
ovate; 1.5–3 cm x 6–10 mm. Pedicel (2–)5–6 mm; floral bracts
ovate; 3–3.5 x 1.5–1.8 mm. Outer sepals golden yellow; ovate
to subglobose; 1.2–3 x 1.1–2 mm; median sepals elliptic to
ovate; (3–)5–6 x 2.5–3 mm; inner sepals golden yellow; elliptic
to oblong; 5–7 x 2.6–3.5 mm. Petals golden yellow; oblong;
4.5–6.5 x 2–2.8 mm; base with distinct glands; apex narrowly
incised; acute. Stamens 3–4 mm; anther connective slightly
prolonged; subapiculate or rounded. Ovary 3.2–4 mm; ovules 2
or 3; style 0.5–1 mm. Berry blue or bluish black; pruinose;
ovoid; 6–8 x 5–6 mm; style persistent; ca. 1 mm. Fl. Aug–Nov;
fr. Nov–May.
? Broad-leaved forests; thickets; forest margins; slopes; 600–3800
m. Guizhou; Hong Kong (probably introduced); Sichuan; Taiwan;
Xizang; Yunnan.
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Mahonia oiwakensis Hayata; Icon. Pl. Formosan. 6: 1. 1916.
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Berberis caelicolor (S. Y. Bao) Laferri?re; B. discolorifolia
(Ahrendt) Laferri?re; B. lomariifolia (Takeda) Laferri?re;
B. lomariifolia var. estylis (C. Y. Wu ex S. Y. Bao) Laferri?re; B.
oiwakensis (Hayata) Laferri?re; Mahonia alexandri C. K.
Schneider; M. caelicolor S. Y. Bao; M. discolorifolia Ahrendt;
M. hainanensis C. M. Hu et al.; M. lomariifolia Takeda; M.
lomariifolia var. estylis C. Y. Wu ex S. Y. Bao; M. morrisonensis
Takeda.
Trees; 1–7 m tall. Leaves abaxially yellowish green; adaxially
dark green; oblong-elliptic; 15–42 x 8–15 cm; leaflets 12–
20 pairs; lowest pair 0.5–1 cm above base of petiole; abaxially
slightly veined or veins obscure; rachis 2–3 mm thick; internodes
1.5–5 cm; decreasing in length apically; petiolule 5–10
mm or leaflets sometimes sessile; lowest leaflets ovate to suborbicular;
1.5–3 x 1–1.5 cm; apically becoming ovate-lanceolate
or lanceolate; 2–10 x 1–2.5 cm; base rounded; margin 2–9-
spinose-serrate on each side; apex cuspidate-acuminate; terminal
leaflet 4–6.5 x 0.9–1.5 cm. Inflorescence 7–18-fascicled
racemes; 9–25 cm; bracts of inflorescence broadly lanceolate to
ovate; 1.5–3 cm x 6–10 mm. Pedicel (2–)5–6 mm; floral bracts
ovate; 3–3.5 x 1.5–1.8 mm. Outer sepals golden yellow; ovate
to subglobose; 1.2–3 x 1.1–2 mm; median sepals elliptic to
ovate; (3–)5–6 x 2.5–3 mm; inner sepals golden yellow; elliptic
to oblong; 5–7 x 2.6–3.5 mm. Petals golden yellow; oblong;
4.5–6.5 x 2–2.8 mm; base with distinct glands; apex narrowly
incised; acute. Stamens 3–4 mm; anther connective slightly
prolonged; subapiculate or rounded. Ovary 3.2–4 mm; ovules 2
or 3; style 0.5–1 mm. Berry blue or bluish black; pruinose;
ovoid; 6–8 x 5–6 mm; style persistent; ca. 1 mm. Fl. Aug–Nov;
fr. Nov–May.
? Broad-leaved forests; thickets; forest margins; slopes; 600–3800
m. Guizhou; Hong Kong (probably introduced); Sichuan; Taiwan;
Xizang; Yunnan.