Berberis shenii


Berberis shenii is a shrub in the Berberidaceae described as a species in 1928. It is endemic to China, found in the provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, and Hunan.

Taxonomy

Berberis shenii was initially scientifically described and named Mahonia shenii by Woon-Young Chun. He named it in honor of Professor P.F. Shen of Sun Yatsen University in Canton. 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 shenii. As of 2023 this is the most common classification by botanists.