%0 Journal Article
%A MIAO Qing
%A QU Bo
%A SHAO Mei-Ni
%A SHI Mian-Mian
%A YAN Bi-Yu
%A ZHAI Qiang
%T A New Understanding of the Spines in Genus Berberis: Morphology and Occurrence of Spines in <i>Berberis thunbergii</i> var. <i>atropurpurea</i>
%D 2020
%R 10.7525/j.issn.1673-5102.2020.02.002
%J Bulletin of Botanical Research
%P 172-176
%V 40
%N 2
%X In view of the different opinions on the origin of the spines of Berberis, we studied the morphology and occurrence of the spines of <i>Berberis</i> by means of entity anatomy and paraffin section. The spines of <i>Berberis</i> descended from leaves, origins from leaf primordial, are leaf spines, not stem spines. It was clear that the spines of <i>Berberis</i> belong to one of the leaf metamorphosis types.
%U https://bbr.nefu.edu.cn/EN/10.7525/j.issn.1673-5102.2020.02.002