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Berberidaceae A.L. de Jussieu. Common name: Barberry Family.

Key to Berberidaceae

As broadly defined here, a family of about 17 genera and 650 species, herbs and shrubs, of the temperate Northern Hemisphere and Andean South America. The Berberidaceae seemed heterogeneous to many in the 1970s through 1990s and was often split into multiple families, such as Podophyllaceae, Epimediaceae, Nandinaceae, and Leonticaceae. Kim & Jansen (1996, 1998) and Kim et al. (2004) favored a broader Berberidaceae with clades recognized as subfamilies, a conclusion now broadly accepted.

References: Ahrendt (1961); Kim & Jansen (1996); Kim & Jansen (1998); Kim et al. (2004); Loconte (1993) In Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993); Loconte & Estes (1989b); Meacham (1980); Stearn (2002); Wang et al. (2009); Whetstone, Atkinson, & Spaulding (1997) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (1997); Yu & Chung (2017). Show full citations.

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image of plant© Scott Ward | Jeffersonia | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Will Stuart | Diphylleia cymosa | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan M. Cressler | Caulophyllum thalictroides | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Keith Bradley | Mahonia bealei | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Gary P. Fleming | Berberis thunbergii | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Richard & Teresa Ware | Caulophyllum CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Jeffersonia diphylla | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Keith Bradley | Nandina domestica | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Keith Bradley | Podophyllum peltatum | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Sonnia Hill | Alloberberis trifoliolata | Original Image ⭷

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