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Berberis thunbergii, the Japanese barberry, Thunberg's barberry, or red barberry, [1] is a species of flowering plant in the barberry family Berberidaceae, native to Japan and eastern Asia, though widely naturalized in China and North America, where it has become a problematic invasive in many places, leading to declines in species diversity, increased tick habitat, and soil changes.
Berberis darwinii, Darwin's barberry, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Berberidaceae, [4] native to southern Chile and Argentina and naturalized elsewhere. Regional vernacular names include michay, calafate, and quelung. [5] Growing to 3–4 m (9.8–13.1 ft) tall, it is an evergreen thorny shrub.
Berberis (/ ˈ b ɜːr b ər ɪ s /), commonly known as barberry, [1] [2] is a large genus of deciduous and evergreen shrubs from 1–5 m (3.3–16.4 ft) tall, found throughout temperate and subtropical regions of the world (apart from Australia). Species diversity is greatest in South America and Asia; Europe, Africa and North America have ...
It is an evergreen shrub with short vertical stems, mostly less than 61 centimetres (24 in), [2] while the leaves reach higher, rarely up to 2.1 m (7 ft) tall on exceptional sites. The plant can reproduce via seeds or by vegetative means , sprouting from rhizomes which extend laterally through the soil.
Berberis nevinii (syn. Mahonia nevinii, Odostemon nevinii [2]), known by the common name Nevin's barberry, is a species of flowering shrub in the barberry family. This plant is endemic to southern California , where it is known from very few occurrences in the riparian areas of chaparral in inland canyons and foothills.
Berberis pinnata is a species of shrub in the barberry family.Common names include California barberry, wavyleaf barberry, and shinyleaf mahonia.It is similar to the Oregon-grape (Berberis aquifolium), and is sometimes called the California Oregon-grape.
Berberis vulgaris, also known as common barberry, [3] European barberry or simply barberry, is a shrub in the genus Berberis native to the Old World. It produces edible but sharply acidic berries, which people in many countries eat as a tart and refreshing fruit.
Mahonia is a formerly accepted genus of approximately 70 species of shrubs or, rarely, small trees with evergreen leaves in the family Berberidaceae, native to eastern Asia, the Himalaya, North America, and Central America. [1] They are closely related to the genus Berberis and as of 2023 the majority of botanical sources list it as a synonym ...