Berberis chiapensis is a flowering plant in the barberry family, Berberidaceae. This shrub was described as a species in 1940.Lundell, Cyrus Longworth. 1940. Lloydia 3(3): 209Lundell, Cyrus Longworth. 1945. Field & Laboratory 13(1): 3 It is endemic to the State of Chiapas in southern Mexico.Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246
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External links photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, isotype of Berberis chiapensis (Lundell) Lundell