Mahonia fremontii (Desert holly)

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Mahonia fremontii (Torr.) Fedde

Desert holly, mahonia, Frémont’s mahonia

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Berberis fremontii Torr.
Berberis higginsiae Munz
Mahonia higginsiae (Munz) Ahrendt
Odostemon fremontii (Torr.) Rydb.

8/27/2014 · Rio Grande Nature Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico · ≈ 11 × 7″ (28 × 18 cm)

8/27/2014 · Rio Grande Nature Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico · ≈ 10 × 7″ (25 × 16 cm)

8/27/2014 · Rio Grande Nature Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico · ≈ 9 × 6″ (23 × 16 cm)

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Magnoliidae	Includes magnolias, nutmeg, bay laurel, cinnamon, avocado, black pepper, and many others
Order	Ranunculales	Basal (evolved earlier) eudicots, also called “true dicots”
Family	Berberidaceae	Barberry family
Genus	Mahonia	After the Irish-born horticulturist Bernard McMahon (sometimes spelled M’Mahon) (1775-1816), described as a botanist and seedsman who came to the U.S. in 1796 and was a nurseryman in Philadelphia
Species	fremontii	For John Charles Fremont (1813-1890), “the Pathfinder,” Army officer and presidential candidate who collected plants on four hazardous journeys exploring the western United States

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Mahonia fremontii description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.