Berberis decipiens is a species of shrub in the Berberidaceae described as a species in 1913. It is endemic to Hubei Province in China.Flora of China Vol. 19 Page 776 鄂西十大功劳 e xi shi da gong lao Mahonia decipiens C. K. Schneider in Sargent The species is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN.
Taxonomy Berberis decipiens was initially scientifically described and named Mahonia decipiens by Camillo Karl Schneider.Sargent, Charles Sprague. 1913. Plantae Wilsonianae. An Enumeration of the Woody Plants Collected in Western China for the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University 1: 379 A paper was published by Joseph Edward Laferrière in 1997 summarized the arguments for reclassifying moving it and other species of genus Mahonia as part of genus Berberis. As of 2023 this is the most commonly accepted classification.
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