Berberidaceae A.L. de Jussieu. Common name: Barberry Family.
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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© Scott Ward | Jeffersonia | Original Image ⭷
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© Alan M. Cressler | Caulophyllum thalictroides | Original Image ⭷
© Keith Bradley | Mahonia bealei | Original Image ⭷
© Gary P. Fleming | Berberis thunbergii | Original Image ⭷
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© Scott Ward | Jeffersonia diphylla | Original Image ⭷
© Keith Bradley | Nandina domestica | Original Image ⭷
© Keith Bradley | Podophyllum peltatum | Original Image ⭷
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