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Mahonia veitchiorum (Hemsley & E. H. Wilson) C. K. Schneider var. kingdon-wardiana Ahrendt, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 57: 302. 1961; Berberis veitchiorum Hemsley & E. H. Wilson var. kingdon-wardiana (Ahrendt) Laferrière.

Shrubs, 0.6-1.5 m tall. Leaves abaxially pale yellowish green, adaxially dull green, oblong, 20-33 × 10-14 cm; leaflets 4-7 pairs, lowest pair ca. 1 cm above base of petiole, abaxially not pruinose, veins slightly raised; rachis 2-3 mm in diam.; internodes 2.5-4.5 cm; leaflets subsessile or petiolule to ca. 4 cm, elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, thickly leathery, rigid, lowest leaflets 4-6 × 1.5-3 cm, remaining ones increasing in size from middle of leaf upward, 7-11.5 × 2.5-4 cm, base broadly cuneate, margin prominently serrate with 5-9 teeth on each side, apex caudate-acuminate; terminal leaflet larger. Inflorescence 5-7 simple or sometimes shortly branched fascicles of racemes, 6-12 cm; bracts of inflorescence triangular to ovate-oblong, 1.5-2 cm × 6-8 mm. Pedicel 4-6 mm; floral bracts narrowly lanceolate, 6-9 × 1-1.5 mm. Sepals bright yellow; outer sepals ovate-lanceolate, 3.5-4 × 2-2.5 mm; median sepals broadly obovate, 4.5-5 × 2-2.5 mm; inner sepals elliptic, 5-5.5 × 3-3.2 mm. Petals bright yellow, narrowly obovate, 4.5-5 × 1.5-1.7 mm, base with distinct glands, apex slightly emarginate, lobes obtuse. Stamens 3.2-3.5 mm; anther connective not prolonged, truncate. Ovary ellipsoid, ca. 3 mm; ovules 4; style ca. 0.5 mm. Berry purple, ± pruinose, obovoid, 1-1.3 cm × 7-10 mm. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Jun-Jul.

● Evergreen broad-leaved forests, temperate rain forests; 2500-3000 m. SE Xizang.

Mahonia calamicaulis subsp. calamicaulis, with leaflet margins spinulose toothed and apex acute, is restricted to India (Assam).