''Berberis pimana'' is a species of the genus ''

Berberis ''Berberis'' (), commonly known as barberry, is a large genus of deciduous and evergreen shrubs from tall, found throughout Temperateness, temperate and subtropical regions of the world (apart from Australia). Species diversity is greatest in S ...

'' in the family

Berberidaceae The Berberidaceae are a family of 18 genera of flowering plants commonly called the barberry family. This family is in the order Ranunculales. The family contains about 700 known species, of which the majority are in ''Berberis''. The species i ...

. It is native to a mountainous region of the

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in the Mexican states of

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and

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.Laferrière, Joseph E., & Jorge S. Marroquín. 1990. ''Berberis pimana'' (Berberidaceae): a new species from northwestern Mexico. Madroño 37(4):283-288
Type locale for ''B. pimana'' is the village of Nabogame, 18 km northwest of

Yepachic Yepáchic, sometimes spelled Yepáchi, is a community in the western part of the Mexican State of Chihuahua, approximately east of the boundary with the State of Sonora. It is located in the Municipio de Temósachic at an altitude of in the Sie ...

, Chihuahua. Nabogame is inhabited by people of the indigenous group known as the Mountain Pima or Pima Bajo. ''Berberis pimana'' grows in moist, shaded areas, mostly along streambanks. The people sometimes eat the sour-tasting berries. ''Berberis pimana'' is a deciduous shrub up to 1.5 m tall, with compound leaves thinner than those of most evergreen species of the genus. It has red, ellipsoid berries each with several yellow or red seeds. It is related to ''

Berberis moranensis ''Berberis moranensis'' is a shrub in the genus ''Berberis'' in the family Berberidaceae. Because of its compound leaves, some botanists place it in the genus ''Mahonia''. It is native to forested regions of the mountains of Mexico from Sinaloa a ...

'' Schult. & Schult.f. The compound leaves place this species in the group sometimes segregated as the genus ''

Mahonia ''Mahonia'' is a genus of approximately 70 species of evergreen shrubs and, rarely, small trees in the family Berberidaceae, native to eastern Asia, the Himalaya, North and Central America. They are closely related to the genus ''Berberis'' and ...

.'' Flora of North America, vol 3
/ref>Laferrière, Joseph E. 1997. Transfer of specific and infraspecific taxa from Mahonia to Berberis. Bot. Zhurn. 82(9):96-99.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q16748808 pimana Endemic flora of Mexico Flora of Chihuahua (state) Flora of Sonora Edible plants Plants used in traditional Native American medicine Plants described in 1990