Berberis schochii is a shrub in the Berberidaceae described as a species in 1913. It is endemic to China, known from the provinces of Guizhou and Sichuan.Flora of China Vol. 19 Page 780 亮叶十大功劳 liang ye shi da gong lao Mahonia nitens C. K. Schneider
Taxonomy Berberis schochii was initially scientifically described and named by Camillo Karl Schneider as Mahonia nitens in 1913.Schneider, Camillo Karl. 1913. Plantae Wilsonianae an enumeration of the woody plants collected in Western China for the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University during the years 1907, 1908 and 1910 by E.H. Wilson edited by Charles Sprague Sargent 1(3): 379–380 A paper was published by Joseph Edward Laferrière in 1997 summarizing the arguments for Mahonia being more properly classified as a synonym of Berberis, but he also mistakenly published it as Berberis nitens an illegitimate name. As of 2023 the most classification by botanists is as Berberis schochii.
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