Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Rosales Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Margyricarpus Ruiz & Pav.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Margyricarpus pinnatus (Lam.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3), 77 (1898)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Empetrum pinnatum Lam., Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 1, 567 (1785)
  • = Margyricarpus setosus Ruiz. & Pav., Fl. Peruv. [Ruiz & Pavon] 1, 28 (1798)
Vernacular Name(s):
Pearl berry; Pearl fruit
 Biostatus
Exotic
 Bibliography
Bryant, G. 1996: Rare and Unusual Plants for New Zealand Gardens. David Bateman, Auckland.
Kuntze, C.E.O. 1898: Revisio Generum Plantarum: vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomeclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Vol. 3(3). Arthur Felix, Leipzig.
Lamarck, J.B.A.P.M. de 1785: Encyclopédie Méthodique. Botanique. Vol. 1. Part 2. Panckoucke, Paris.
Patrick, B.H.; Heenan, P.B. 2012: New Andean shrub naturalised in southern New Zealand. New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter 108: 7–9.
Ruiz, H.; Pavon, J.A. 1798: Flora Peruviana, et Chilensis. Vol. 1. Gabrielis de Sancha, Madrid.