Berberis monyulensis (Ahrendt) Laferrière.

Shrubs. Leaves abaxially pale yellowish green, adaxially slightly shiny, green, narrowly elliptic, 20-27 × 9-16 cm; leaflets 5-9 pairs, contiguous or slightly overlapping, lowest pair smaller than others, 1-1.5 cm above base of petiole, abaxially with raised veins, adaxially with indistinct veins; rachis 2-3 mm in diam.; internodes decreasing in length apically, 1.5-4 cm; lowest leaflets broadly ovate to suborbicular, 2-3.5 × 1.2-2.3 cm, apically becoming ovate to oblong-ovate, 3.5-9 × 2-5 cm, base truncate to obliquely rounded, margin with 2 or 3 teeth on each side, apex sharply acute, cuspidate. Inflorescence 5-11-fascicled panicles, 11-18 cm; bracts of inflorescence lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 2.5-4 × 0.6-1.5 cm. Pedicel 2.5-3 mm; floral bracts ovate, 4.5-7 × 1.2-2 mm. Sepals golden yellow; outer sepals oblong-ovate, 2.5-3.1 × 1.5-2 mm; median sepals elliptic-ovate, 4-5.5 × 2.7-3 mm; inner sepals elliptic, 6-6.2 × 3-4 mm. Petals golden yellow, oblong to elliptic-obovate, 4.5-5.2 × 2.1-2.3 mm, base with distinct glands, apex narrowly incised, lobes obtuse. Stamens ca. 3.5 mm; anther connective not prolonged, truncate. Ovary ca. 4 mm; ovules 3. Berry unknown. Fl. Mar-Apr, fr. unknown.

● Riverbanks; ca. 2300 m. SE Xizang.