Berberis sheridaniana is a shrub in the Berberidaceae described as a species in 1913. It is endemic to China, found in the provinces of Hubei and Sichuan.Flora of China Vol. 19 Page 781 长阳十大功劳 chang yang shi da gong lao Mahonia sheridaniana C. K. Schneider in Sargent
Taxonomy Berberis sheridaniana was initially scientifically described and named Mahonia sheridaniana by Camillo Karl Schneider. He named it named in honor of "Dr. W.R. Sheridan, formerly of the American Methodist Mission Hospital in Chengtu" (Chengdu, 成都市)Schneider, Camillo Karl. 1913. Plantae Wilsonianae an enumeration of the woody plants collected in Western China for the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University during the years 1907, 1908 and 1910 by E.H. Wilson edited by Charles Sprague Sargent 1(3): 384 description in Latin, commentary in English This is most likely an error for Dr. W.J. Sheridan, of the Canadian Methodist Mission Hospital in Chengtu.Directory of Protestant Missionaries in China, Japan and Corea. 1910 and 1911 editions. and The China Mission Year Book. 1912 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 sheridaniana. As of 2023 this is the most common classification by botanists.
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