Mahonia × herveyi (Morel) Ahrendt

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'Mahonia × herveyi' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/mahonia/mahonia-x-herveyi/). Accessed 2025-04-22.

Family

  • Berberidaceae

Genus

Synonyms

  • Mahonia rotundifolia var. herveyi Morel

Glossary

clone
Organism arising via vegetative or asexual reproduction.
hybrid
Plant originating from the cross-fertilisation of genetically distinct individuals (e.g. two species or two subspecies).
synonym
(syn.) (botanical) An alternative or former name for a taxon usually considered to be invalid (often given in brackets). Synonyms arise when a taxon has been described more than once (the prior name usually being the one accepted as correct) or if an article of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature has been contravened requiring the publishing of a new name. Developments in taxonomic thought may be reflected in an increasing list of synonyms as generic or specific concepts change over time.

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'Mahonia × herveyi' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/mahonia/mahonia-x-herveyi/). Accessed 2025-04-22.

Editorial Note

As Bean’s entry indicates, this taxon is obscure, currently unplaced taxonomically (POWO 15/4/2025). To avoid introducing further confusion, we reproduce Bean’s text verbatim without attempting to update the nomenclature. 

According to the original description, this mahonia is bushy and compact, with dark green, roundish-oval, plane, almost spineless leaves; raised by a M. Hervé of Versailles (May, in Rev. Hort. (1881), p. 250, as M. rotundifolia, with M. hervei Hort. as a synonym; M. × hervei Ahrendt (“herveyi”), nom. superfl.). A plant at Kew, which may have belonged to the true clone, was said in previous editions to make a low tuft and to have the leaflets often in threes. This plant cannot be traced. It has been suggested that this mahonia is a hybrid between M. repens and M. aquifolium, but other authorities consider it to be a form of M. repens merely. For other possible hybrids between these two species see under M. aquifolium.