Mahonia gracilis

Mahonia gracilis is a plant species native to the Mexico, widely distributed from Tamaulipas to Oaxaca.[2][3]

Palo amarillo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Berberidaceae
Genus: Mahonia
Species:
M. gracilis
Binomial name
Mahonia gracilis
Synonyms[1]
  • Berberis gracilis var. madrensis Marroq.
  • Mahonia gracilis (Benth.) Fedde
  • Odostemon gracilis (Benth.) Standl.

Mahonia gracilis is a shrub. Leaves are pinnately compound with 4-7 pairs of leaflets plus a larger terminal leaflet, all lanceolate with teeth along the margins. Flowers are yellow 6-parted flowers, borne in an elongated raceme. Fruits are dark blue and egg-shaped.[2][4][5]

References
  1. Tropicos
  2. Marroquín, Jorge S. 1972. Cuadernos del Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, México 15: 14.
  3. Standley, Paul Carpenter. 1922. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 23(2): 272, Odostemon gracilis
  4. Bentham, George. 1840. Plantas Hartwegianas imprimis Mexicanas 34, Berberis gracilis
  5. Fedde, Friedrich Karl Georg. 1901 Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 31: 95, Mahonia gracilis
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