FIGURE 4. Comparison of the flower features of the three sympatric congeners of Berberis. A, Pedicel length. B, Tepal number. C, Size of sepals and petals. Abbreviations: BB, B. ×baoxingensis; BS, B. sanguinea; BV, B. verruculosa; LO, length of the outmost 3 sepals; WO, width of the outmost 3 sepals; LI, length of the innermost 3 sepals; WI, width of the innermost 3 sepals; LP, length of the 6 petals; WP, width of the 6 petals; LT, length of all tepals; WT, width of all tepals. Values with different letters indicating significant differences at p<0.01 level.

Published as part of Li, Xin-Hua, Li, Wen-Hui, Zhang, Li-Cun & Yin, Xiao-Ming, 2015, Berberis × baoxingensis (Berberidaceae), a new putative hybrid from western Sichuan, China, pp. 25-34 in Phytotaxa 227 (1) on page 31, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.227.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/13635250