Berberidaceae

Berberis L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 330 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. to Tropical Mountains.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Assam, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Russia, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Corse, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hainan, Honduras, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Madeira, Malawi, Manchuria, Maryland, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Minnesota, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Myanmar, Nebraska, Nepal, Nevada, New Mexico, Nicaragua, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, Northwest European Russia, NW. Balkan Pen., Oman, Oregon, Pakistan, Panamá, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Sicilia, Somalia, South Dakota, South European Russia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Türkey, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yemen, Zambia

Introduced into:

Connecticut, Delaware, Denmark, Falkland Is., Finland, Free State, Great Britain, Iowa, Ireland, Kansas, Maine, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Michigan, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, North European Russia, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Portugal, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., South Australia, Sweden, Tasmania, Vermont, Victoria, Wisconsin

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • Harber, J. (2020). The Berberis of China and Vietnam: A Revision: 1-359. Missouri Botanical Garden Press.

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 153 (1754).
  • Sp. Pl. 1: 330 (1753)

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 153 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 330 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Apr 1, 1994 s.coll. [s.n.] K001273092 Yes
Jan 1, 1982 Cavalerie, J. [7854] China K000644862 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1982 Cavalerie, J. [7852] China K000077331 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1982 Maire, E., E. [1998] China K000077330 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1982 Maire, E., E. [1738] China K000077312 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1979 Colombia K000407130 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mar 2, 1962 Jameson [s.n.] Colombia K000407128 Unknown Type Material Yes
Oct 27, 1941 Strachy, R.; Winterbottom, J.E. [4] India K000634679 Yes
Sep 5, 1941 Gamble, J.S. [90] India K000077364 Type Yes
Sep 5, 1941 J. D. H. [s.n.] India K000077363 Type Yes
Feb 6, 1941 Bridges [s.n.] Bolivia K000407111 Type Yes
Jul 1, 1933 Delavay, M., l'Abbé [1047] China K000077424 Type Yes
May 27, 1930 Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1475] Nepal K000568013 Unknown Type Material Yes
May 26, 1930 Gamble, J.S. [6127A] K001325891 Syntype Yes
May 21, 1930 Cavalerie, J. [3043] China K000077325 Type Yes
May 21, 1930 Cavalerie, J. [3043] China K000077326 Type Yes
May 2, 1906 Hooker, J.D. [202] India K000644878 Unknown Type Material Yes
Apr 26, 1906 Przewalski, N.M. Mongolia K000395195 Yes
Apr 26, 1906 illegible [s.n.] K000395197 Yes
Leschenault de la Tour, J.B. [Cat. no. 1479] India K001113190 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 1475] Nepal K001113182 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bowden, J.K. [553] K:SPC-37779.000 No
Cope, T.; Murtland, R. [113] Yemen K001906092 Yes
Freire-Fierro, A.; García, M.; Livshultz, T.; Cameron, K. [3398] Panama K001930035 Yes
Liang, K.J. [001] China K001611104 No
s. coll [MF 04129] China K001890142 Isotype Yes
s.coll [s.n] India K001790695 Yes
s.coll [90] India K002121125 Yes
Bowden, J.K. [607] K:SPC-37718.000 No
Bowden, J.K. [586] K:SPC-37701.000 No
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1479] K001113192 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mathews [235] Chile K000407187 Type Yes
Widgren [s.n.] Brazil K002121620 Yes
Bowden, J.K. [577] K:SPC-37767.000 No
Cavalerie, J. [s.n.] China K000644911 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bowden, J.K. [580] K:SPC-37776.000 No
King [s.n.] Chile K000407156 Unknown Type Material Yes
Comber, H.F. K:SPC-15103.000 No
Laferrière, J.E. [359] Mexico K000407153 Type Yes
Leschenault de la Tour, J.B. [Cat. no. 1479] India K001113191 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bowden, J.K. [598] K:SPC-37707.000 No
K:SPC-15105.000 No
K:SPC-18053.000 No
Cooper [2979] Bhutan K000395254 Type Yes
Cooper [2979] Bhutan K000395244 Type Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1480] Nepal K001113193 Unknown Type Material Yes
K:SPC-33751.000 No
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 1480] K001113194 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bowden, J.K. [604] K:SPC-37784.000 No
K:SPC-33750.000 No
Wilson [1707] K:SPC-33749.000 No
Buchanan-Hamilton, F. [s.n.] K000644870 Unknown Type Material Yes
Huet du Pavillon, E.; Huet du Pavillon, A. [s.n.] Italy K000644803 Unknown Type Material Yes
Chase, M.W. [13206] China K000696402 No
Soulie [3057] China K001273511 No
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 1475] Nepal K001113183 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dusen, P. [17168] Brazil K002121622 Yes
Camerik, A.M. [22] Brazil K002121623 Yes
Cavalerie, J. [3209] China K000077300 Type Yes
K:SPC-15102.000 No
Nepal K:SPC-35191.000 No
Bowden, J.K. [594] K:SPC-37787.000 No
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 1475] Nepal K001113180 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1480] K001113195 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bowden, J.K. [574] K:SPC-37768.000 No
Kingdon-Ward, F. [5962] China K000568156 Yes
Macrae [s.n.] K000407186 Type Yes
Ward, K. [5936] K:SPC-11938.000 No
Forest, G. [F22421/F22623] China K001273093 Yes
Bowden, J.K. [578] K:SPC-37761.000 No
Gillies [s.n.] Chile K000407157 Unknown Type Material Yes
Bowden, J.K. [584] K:SPC-37709.000 No
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 1475] Nepal K001113181 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lindeman, J.C.; de Haas, J.H. [2424] Brazil K002121621 Yes
Bridges [s.n.] Chile K000407159 Unknown Type Material Yes
Chile K000407158 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1986 Schoch, O. [410] China Mahonia K000077243 Type Yes
Mar 11, 1941 Chu, K.L. [4057] China Mahonia K000644953 Type Yes
Jan 13, 1919 Wight [1479] India Mahonia K000077249 Type Yes
Apr 1, 1913 Wight [50] India Mahonia K000077250 Unknown Type Material Yes
Leon, C.J.; Yu-Lin, L. [TCMK 656] China Mahonia K001873817 No
Simmons; et al. [Guiz 158] China Mahonia K:SPC-55801.000 No
Wright [1855] Cuba Mahonia K001264493 Yes
Linden, J. [991] Mexico Mahonia K000407234 Unknown Type Material Yes
Galeotti, H.G. [4640] Mexico Mahonia K000407236 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mahonia K:SPC-14684.000 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0