Berberis quindiuensis

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Berberis quindiuensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Berberidaceae
Genus: Berberis
Species:
B. quindiuensis
Binomial name
Berberis quindiuensis
Kunth ex DC. 1821
Synonyms

B. chocontana
B. nitida
B. muiscarum

Berberis quindiuensis is a shrub in the family of Berberidaceae described as a species by Carl Sigismund Kunth in 1821.[1] It is native to the Boyacá department of Colombia.[2]

Etymology and habitat

The fruit-bearing

Muisca who inhabited the highlands of Colombia (Altiplano Cundiboyacense). The fern also has been discovered in Tolima.[4]

References

  1. ^ Kunth, Karl Sigismund, Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1821. Regni Vegetabilis Systema Naturale 2: 13
  2. ^ Tropicos, Berberis quindiuensis Kunth ex DC.
  3. ^ Berberis quiduensis - fruit-bearing - accessed 06-05-2016
  4. ^ Berberis quinduensis - synonyms Archived 2017-08-22 at the Wayback Machine - Catalogue of Life - accessed 06-05-2016