Berberis fordii is a species of shrub in the Berberidaceae described as a species in 1913. It is endemic to China, found in Chongqing and Guangdong Provinces.Flora of China Vol. 19 Page 782 北江十大功劳 bei jiang shi da gong lao Mahonia fordii
Taxonomy Berberis fordii was initially scientifically described and named Mahonia fordii by Camillo Karl Schneider.Schneider, Camillo Karl. 1913. in Sargent, Charles Sprague, Plantae Wilsonianae. An Enumeration of the Woody Plants Collected in Western China for the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University 1: 383 A paper was published by Joseph Edward Laferrière in 1997 summarized the arguments for reclassifying moving it and other species of genus Mahonia to be part of genus Berberis. As of 2023 this is the most commonly accepted classification.
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