{"id":1343658,"date":"2011-02-10T05:14:53","date_gmt":"2011-02-10T05:14:53","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T13:18:15","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T07:48:15","slug":"berberis-lycium","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/berberis-lycium\/","title":{"rendered":"Berberis lycium"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Berberis<\/i>lycium<\/i> Royle<\/span><\/a>, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 64 1834<\/i>. (Syn: Berberis<\/i>angustifolia<\/i> Roxb.<\/span><\/a>; Berberis<\/i>aurahuacensis<\/i> Hook.f.<\/span><\/a> [Invalid]; Berberis<\/i>lycium<\/i> var. simlensis<\/i> Ahrendt<\/span><\/a>; Berberis<\/i>lycium<\/i> var. subfasciculatum<\/i> Ahrendt<\/span><\/a>; Berberis<\/i>lycium<\/i> var. subvirescens<\/i> Ahrendt<\/span><\/a>; Berberis<\/i>vulgaris<\/i> f. lycium<\/i> (Royle) Parsa<\/span><\/a>);<\/div>\n
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VoF Week :: DV :: 04 AUG 12 – 1131 :: armed bush along Ghangaria – Govind Ghat trail:<\/a> 4 AUG 12<\/span>
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Habitat: mountain slope<\/span>
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Hope Berberis lycium<\/i><\/p>\n

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Yes it is B. lycium<\/i><\/div>\n
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Berberis sp. from Paddar valley J&K. 02:<\/a> 1 image.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Request for Identification<\/p>\n

Kindly identify this Berberis<\/i> species.<\/div>\n
Location: Paddar valley J&K.<\/span><\/div>\n
Date: 10th May 2011<\/span><\/div>\n
Altitude: 1800 meters asl
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I hope Berberis lycium<\/i><\/p>\n

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yes it is Berberis lycium<\/i>,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nMenispermaceae, Berberidaceae, Nymphaeaceae and Nelumbonaceae Fortnight: Berberidaceae- Berberis lycium from Srinagar, Kashmir-GSOCT05<\/a> : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4).<\/div>\n
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Berberis lycium<\/i>, photographed from Above Cheshma Shah, Srinagar, Kashmir.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Thank you. I always wanted to see these flowers. I think there is a berry or two in one of the pictures? bluish?<\/p>\n

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what time of the year was this? because in another thread you have only leaves and thorns in April<\/p>\n

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first two on 8 july, last two (flowering) on 15 May. The plant flowers profusely in April May at lower altitudes (below 2000 m), may go to early June at higher altitudes.<\/p>\n

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so by july first week berries set in and mature<\/p>\n

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Menispermaceae, Berberidaceae, Nymphaeaceae and Nelumbonaceae Fortnight: Berberidaceae- Berberis chitria from Srinagar, Kashmir-GSOCT03<\/span><\/a> :\u00a01 post by 1 author. Attachments (4).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Berberis lycium<\/i> photographed from Srinagar, Kashmir<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Menispermaceae, Berberidaceae, Nymphaeaceae and Nelumbonaceae Fortnight: Berberidaceae- Berberis lycium from Harwan, Kashmir-GSOCT09<\/a> : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Berberis lycium<\/i> photographed from Harwan, Srinagar, Kashmir<\/span><\/p>\n

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in this\u00a0flower shows its true hanging profile completely<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Menispermaceae, Berberidaceae, Nymphaeaceae and Nelumbonaceae Fortnight: Berberidaceae- Berberis lycium from Kud, J & K-GSOCT11<\/a> :\u00a0\u00a02 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Berberis lycium<\/i> from Kud, J & K<\/span><\/p>\n

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Menispermaceae, Berberidaceae, Nymphaeaceae and Nelumbonaceae Fortnight: Berberidaceae- Berberis lycium from Rudrpryag, Uttarakhand-GSOCT08<\/a> : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)<\/span><\/div>\n
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Berberis lycium,<\/i> photographed from Rudrpryag n Uttarakhand<\/span>, pl. validate.<\/p>\n

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It should be Berberis lyceum<\/i><\/p>\n

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Menispermaceae, Berberidaceae, Nymphaeaceae and Nelumbonaceae Fortnight: Berberidaceae- Berberis lycium from Kulu and Manali, HP-GSOCT10<\/a> :\u00a04 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Berberis lycium<\/i> from Kullu and Manali<\/span>, pl. validate.<\/p>\n

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It looks me Berberis lycium<\/i> also<\/p>\n

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Menispermaceae, Berberidaceae, Nymphaeaceae and Nelumbonaceae Fortnight: Berberidaceae- Berberis lycium from Morni, Haryana-GSOCT04<\/a> :\u00a04 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)<\/span><\/div>\n
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Berberis lycium<\/i> photographed from Morni, Haryana <\/span>in April, pl. validate<\/p>\n

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It is also Berberis lycium<\/i><\/p>\n

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ANJUN04\/05 Berberis sp. for identification (Churdhar Trip 05)<\/span><\/a> :\u00a03 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4)<\/span><\/div>\n
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Family: Berberidaceae<\/i>
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\nPlace: Renuka Ji-Haripurdhar Route, Himachal Pradesh<\/span>
\nHabit: Shrub<\/span><\/p>\n

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Berberis lycium<\/i><\/p>\n

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Berberis lycium ABJUL01\/22<\/span><\/a> : 1 post by 1 author. 2 images.
\nFruits on the Barberry bushes are turning nice purple (from green)<\/span> and be soon edible.<\/span><\/div>\n
I took a couple of pictures to share.<\/div>\n
Berberis lycium<\/i><\/div>\n
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Above Mcleodganj, Dharamshala, HP<\/span><\/div>\n
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ps\u00a0 next year looking to the flowers on this shrub<\/div>\n
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Thank you\u00a0… The paper is quite informative but the remark that the fruits fall off soon after rains start does not describe our plants accurately. The fruits here are still ripening and will be available on the bush for at least another month. We are already well in to the monsoon season (starting June beginning) and fruits are very much there on the bushes.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I did share the flowers a while ago (with butterflies) but will do so again next spring.<\/p>\n

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I have greater faith in the observations of Citizen scientists rather than glass palace academicians who dont get their feet wet!!!\u00a0or hands dirty?
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MBNN Fortnight::: Berberidaceae:: Berberis aristata for confirmation from Chakrata-NS 05<\/span><\/a>\u00a0: 13 posts by 5 authors.<\/div>\n
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Please validate\/correct the id of this Berberis<\/i> sp. recorded from Chakrata and fairly common in the area…<\/span><\/div>\n
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Is this Berberis aristata<\/i>\u00a0?<\/i><\/p>\n

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This is <\/span>Berberis lycium<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The underside of leaf being glaucous, it is not Berberis aristata<\/i>, but Berberis asiatica<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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Yes, it is Berberis aristata<\/i>– Daruharidra of Ayurveda.<\/p>\n

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Berberis asiatica<\/i><\/div>\n
Berberis lycium<\/i><\/div>\n
All the three are distinct taxa, perhaps more details are required from my side, for experts to conclude..<\/div>\n
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…, sorry for delay, these berries will not turn orange\/red, they will ripe to bluish purple colour, however, due to my mixing up of pics from different areas\/seasons, \u00a0I cannot be very sure…<\/p>\n

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three different views: does that mean 3 different opinions about this one case?<\/p>\n

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The fruits become bluish purple on ripening. In B. lycium, the<\/i> inflorescence is shorter or equal to leaves; whereas in B. aristata<\/i>, it is longer than the leaf tufts.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I think it matches with images of Berberis lycium<\/i> Royle<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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I agree with … that it looks a lot like the B. lycium<\/i> we get here but I am not familiar with B. aristata<\/i>. If I am not mistaken B.\u00a0aristata <\/i>berries are red when ripe while B. lycium <\/i>berries are deep purple which are ripening now.<\/i><\/p>\n

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ID Request: Devariya Tal trail<\/span><\/a> : 10 posts by 4 authors. 1 image.<\/div>\n
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Location: Sari Village, along the Devariya Tal trail, just above temple<\/span><\/div>\n
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Adding more images showing habit and context. Could it be B. chitria<\/i>?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Thanks for the image. It looks close to B. glaucocarpa<\/i> but not sure without looking at fruits: fruits are quite distinctive for glaucocarpa<\/i>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This is Berberis lycium<\/i> Royle. A common species around outer fringes of Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary.<\/p>\n

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Idling about in the cold chilly morning today I found comfort in the warm autumn\/winter colours of these plants. I thought I will share these with you. All photos were taken on my phone. As always, please correct me if I have misidentified any of these.<\/p>\n

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1. Indian Barberry (Berberis lycium<\/i>)<\/p>\n

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Berberis lycium\/ABAPR01\/07<\/a> : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (4)<\/div>\n
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Our barberry bushes are sprouting buds now. Here are a couple of pictures to show the young sprouts and one showing the yellow heartwood<\/span> of a chopped up bush.<\/p>\n

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Berberis lycium ABMAY2019\/03<\/a> : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (28<\/span>)<\/span><\/div>\n
A comment in Flora Simlensis<\/i> by Col. Collett under Berberis<\/i> drew my attention to the irritable stamens of this genus (I hold Col. Collett’s work to be very superior) and I decided to investigate. The idea was that when an insect (or the legs of an insect) touch the base of the stamens, the stamens bend forward releasing the pollen (if they are ripe) onto the stigma achieving self-pollination<\/u>. A paper here<\/span><\/a> investigates this in detail. Another good source of information is here<\/span><\/a>.<\/div>\n
I brought a couple of flowers home to test the hypothesis. Upon touching the base of the stamens by a needle, the stamens did bend forward but only halfway or so towards the stigma. I repeated the process with several stamens individually or different flowers but saw only the halfway movement (see photos 4829 and 4836 recording the before and after stages). I then decided to observe insects visiting the flower and found many different species from beetles, flies to butterflies and moths. Since the bush is quite common in our area I was able to find some where I could observe the insects at my eye level. I found that the same movement occurred when insects touched the base of the stamens. After a few observation involving very small flies that entered the flowers and browsed the nectaries on the petals on either sides of the stamens to large butterflies that barely managed to stay on the flower, I thought the following:<\/span><\/div>\n
That the stamens move forward fully only when the pollen is ready and the anther has moved to its correct perpendicular position to touch the stigma disc.\u00a0or that the self-pollination is the last resort and first the flowers try to deposit their pollen on to the bodies of the visiting insects. When they fail to do so and near the end of their lives, they fall upon fully onto their stigmas. During my observations though, I did not see any of the insects covered by pollen but that may be due to my own ineptitude.<\/span><\/div>\n
The number of sepals also intrigued me a little. When I looked close, I found three whorls of sepals starting with two small ones in the outermost and then three significantly larger ones in the middle and the largest three in the inner most (indistinguishable from the petals). That meant there were 8 sepals. I looked at more flowers and found it to be true. On researching further I discovered that the two smallest ones are the bracts (the third at the base of the flower stalk), also called prophylls. Again some good info <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n
I have also included photos of its habit, the arrangement of flowers with respect to leaves, shape of leaves and spikes, of nectaries, unripe fruit, ripe fruit and withering flowers with stamens touching the pistil below the stigmatic disc to pull all in one place for reference.<\/div>\n
Please advise if I have overlooked something here.<\/div>\n
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Botanical name: Dodonaea viscosa<\/a>: 1 image.
\nHabit: Shrub<\/span><\/p>\n
Location: Rajouri
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Berberis kunawurensis from Sirmour Himachal Pradesh for validation-GS040721-1<\/a>: 3 images.<\/p>\n
Berberis kunawurensis<\/em> Royle<\/div>\n
Syn: B. edgeworthiana<\/em> Sch.<\/div>\n
Photographed near Maa\u00a0Bhangayani temple along Nohradhar Road, Sirmour Himachal Pradesh, 25-5-2015<\/span><\/p>\n
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I think more\u00a0close to images at\u00a0Berberis asiatica<\/em>\u00a0Roxb. ex DC.<\/a>\u00a0and as per GBIF specimens-\u00a0one<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0two<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Looks different from\u00a0Berberis kunawurensis<\/i>\u00a0as per\u00a0GBIF.<\/a><\/p>\n
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On further consideration, I feel\u00a0Berberis lycium<\/em>\u00a0Royle<\/a>\u00a0is more likely.<\/p>\n

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Berberislycium Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 64 1834. (Syn: Berberisangustifolia Roxb.; Berberisaurahuacensis Hook.f. [Invalid]; Berberislycium var. simlensis Ahrendt; Berberislycium var. subfasciculatum Ahrendt; Berberislycium var. subvirescens Ahrendt; Berberisvulgaris f. lycium (Royle) Parsa); .\u00a0 \u00a0 VoF Week :: DV :: 04 AUG 12 – 1131 :: armed bush along Ghangaria – Govind…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[5382],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1343658","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-berberis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1343658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1343658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1343658\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1343658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1343658"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1343658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}