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Berberidaceae
The Berberidaceae are a family of 18 genera of flowering plants commonly called the barberry family. This family is in the order Ranunculales. The family contains about 700 known species, of which the majority are in ''Berberis''. The species include trees, shrubs and perennial herbaceous plants. General The APG IV system of 2016 recognises the family and places it in the order Ranunculales in the clade eudicots. In some older treatments of the family, Berberidaceae only included four genera (''Berberis, Epimedium, Mahonia, Vancouveria''), with the other genera treated in separate families, Leonticaceae (''Bongardia, Caulophyllum, Gymnospermium, Leontice''), Nandinaceae (''Nandina''), and Podophyllaceae (''Achlys, Diphylleia, Dysosma, Jeffersonia, Podophyllum, Ranzania, Sinopodophyllum''). ''Mahonia'' is very closely related to ''Berberis'', and included in it by many botanists. However, recent DNA-based phylogenetic research has reinstated ''Mahonia'', though with a handfu ...
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Dysosma
''Dysosma'' is a group of herbaceous perennials in the Berberidaceae or barberry family described as a genus in 1928. It is native to China and Indochina. The genus is not universally recognised by this name, as some authorities include the plants in the genus ''Podophyllum''. ''Dysosma'' is recognised by other authorities as including only those ''Podophyllum'' species which originate in China. ''Dysosma'' grow as perennial, rhizomatous wildflowers on the damp and humus-rich floors of deciduous forests. The single umbrella-shaped leaves grow on an erect stem that usually stands , but with height varying with species. The leaves may be completely green or mottled and flecked with purple; they have an entire or deeply serrated edge depending on species. The flowers are nodding and in a range of colours. The fruit is a dark red berry. ;Species # '' Dysosma aurantiocaulis'' - Yunnan, possibly Myanmar - Endangered # '' Dysosma delavayi'' - Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan, Shaanxi # '' Dyso ...
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Mahonia
''Mahonia'' is a genus of approximately 70 species of evergreen shrubs and, rarely, small trees in the family Berberidaceae, native to eastern Asia, the Himalaya, North and Central America. They are closely related to the genus ''Berberis'' and botanists disagree on whether to recognize a separate ''Mahonia''. Many botanists prefer to classify ''Mahonia'' as a part of ''Berberis'' because several species in both genera are able to hybridize, and because there are no consistent morphological differences between the two groups other than the leaf pinnation (''Berberis sensu stricto'' appear to have simple leaves, but these are in reality compound with a single leaflet and are termed "unifoliolate"; additionally their branched spines are modified compound leaves). However, recent DNA-based phylogenetic studies retain the two separate genera, by clarifying that unifoliolate-leaved ''Berberis s.s.'' is derived from within a paraphyletic group of shrubs bearing imparipinnate evergreen ...
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Ranzania (plant)
is a monotypic genus of perennial herbs in the family Berberidaceae, the only species is ''Ranzania japonica''. It is native to woodlands in the mountains of Honshu, Japan. This genus is named in honor of Ono Ranzan, who has been called "the Japanese Linnaeus". Fleshy stems of ''Ranzania'' form small colonies from an underground rhizome. Each stem bears two trifoliate compound leaves, and between the leaves is a single or more commonly a small cluster of drooping cup-shaped mauve flowers. These develop into an upright clusters of white berries. The haploid chromosome number is ''n''=7. Uses It is occasionally used in shade gardens in the west.An Encyclopedia of Shade Perennials
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Nandina
''Nandina domestica'' ( ) commonly known as nandina, heavenly bamboo or sacred bamboo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Berberidaceae, native to eastern Asia from the Himalayas to Japan. It is the only member of the monotypic genus ''Nandina''. It is widely grown in gardens as an ornamental plant with a number of cultivars that display bright-red fall foliage in the cool months, and attractive new foliage growth in spring. Although a popular ornamental shrub, the berries are toxic to birds, especially towards the end of the winter when other food sources become scarce. The Latin genus name ''Nandina'' is derived from the Japanese name ''nanten''.Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. (hardback), (paperback). pp 145, 268 The specific epithet ''domestica'' means 'domesticated', or 'of the household'. Description Despite the common name "sacred bamboo", it is not a bamboo but an erect evergreen shrub up to tall by wide, with nu ...
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Sinopodophyllum
''Sinopodophyllum'' is an herbaceous perennial plant in the family Berberidaceae, described as a genus in 1979. It includes only one known species, ''Sinopodophyllum hexandrum'', native to Afghanistan, Bhutan, northern India, Kashmir, Nepal, Pakistan, and western China (Gansu, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan). Common names include Himalayan may apple and Indian may apple. Description ''Sinopodophyllum hexandrum'' is low to the ground with glossy green, drooping, lobed leaves on its few stiff branches, bearing a pale pink flower and bright red-orange bulbous fruit. The ornamental appearance of the plant make it a desirable addition to woodland-type gardens. It can be propagated by seed or by dividing the rhizome. It is very tolerant of cold temperatures, as would be expected of a Himalayan plant, but it does not tolerate dry conditions. Its name in Hindi and Ayurveda is ''bantrapushi'' or ''Giriparpat'' and is locally referred to as 'ban kakdi' in the Valley of Flowers ...
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Berberis
''Berberis'' (), commonly known as barberry, is a large genus of deciduous and evergreen shrubs from tall, found throughout Temperateness, 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 native species as well. The best-known ''Berberis'' species is the European barberry, ''Berberis vulgaris'', which is common in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and central Asia, and has been widely introduced in North America. Many of the species have Spine (botany), spines on the shoots and all along the margins of the leaves. Description The genus ''Berberis'' has dimorphic shoots: long shoots which form the structure of the plant, and short shoots only long. The leaf, leaves on long shoots are non-Photosynthesis, photosynthetic, developed into one to three or more spines long. The bud in the axil of each thorn-leaf then develops a short shoot with several normal, phot ...
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Gymnospermium
''Gymnospermium'' is a group of tuberous Tubers are a type of enlarged structure used as storage organs for nutrients in some plants. They are used for the plant's perennation (survival of the winter or dry months), to provide energy and nutrients for regrowth during the next growin ... flowering plants in the barberry family described as a genus in 1839.Spach, Édouard. 1839. Histoire Naturelle des Végétaux. Phanérogames 8: 66-68
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It is native to temperate Europe and Asia. ;SpeciesThe Plant List, ''Gymnospermium''
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Podophyllum
''Podophyllum'' is a genus of flowering plant in the family Berberidaceae, native from Afghanistan to China, and from southeast Canada to the central and eastern United States. The genus was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. Taxonomy The taxonomic status of the genus has varied. Some sources transferred all but ''Podophyllum peltatum'' to other genera, such as ''Dysosma'' and ''Sinopodophyllum''. , Plants of the World Online regarded these genera as synonyms of ''Podophyllum''. Species , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: *''Podophyllum aurantiocaule'' Hand.-Mazz. *''Podophyllum cymosum'' (Michx.) Christenh. & Byng *'' Podophyllum delavayi'' Franch. *''Podophyllum difforme'' Hemsl. & E.H.Wilson *''Podophyllum emeiense'' (J.L.Wu & P.Zhuang) J.M.H.Shaw *''Podophyllum glaucescens'' J.M.H.Shaw *'' Podophyllum grayi'' (F.Schmidt) Christenh. & Byng *''Podophyllum guangxiense'' (Y.S.Wang) J.M.H.Shaw *''Podophyllum hemsleyi'' J.M.H.Shaw & Stearn *'' Podop ...
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Ranunculales
Ranunculales is an order of flowering plants. Of necessity it contains the family Ranunculaceae, the buttercup family, because the name of the order is based on the name of a genus in that family. Ranunculales belongs to a paraphyletic group known as the basal eudicots. It is the most basal clade in this group; in other words, it is sister to the remaining eudicots. Widely known members include poppies, barberries, hellebores, and buttercups. Taxonomy The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group recognized seven families in Ranunculales in their APG III system, published in 2009. In the preceding APG II system, they offered the option of three segregate families as shown below. * order Ranunculales *: family Berberidaceae *: family Circaeasteraceae *:: family Kingdoniaceae ">Kingdoniaceae.html" ;"title=" family Kingdoniaceae"> family Kingdoniaceae *: family Eupteleaceae *: family Lardizabalaceae *: family Menispermaceae *: family Papaveraceae *:: [+ family Fumariaceae ] *:: [+ family Pte ...
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Diphylleia
''Diphylleia'' is a group of small herbs in the family Berberidaceae described as a genus in 1803. It is native to the eastern United States and eastern Asia. ''Diphylleia grayi'', also known as the skeleton flower, has white petals that turn translucent with rain. When dry, they revert to white. Species The following species are recognised by World Flora Online: *'' Diphylleia cymosa'' Michx. - southern Appalachians from SW Virginia to NW Georgia *'' Diphylleia grayi'' F.Schmidt - Cape Sōya in northern Japan *'' Diphylleia sinensis'' H.L.Li - China (Gansu, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is ...) References Berberidaceae Berberidaceae genera Taxa named by André Michaux {{Ranunculales-stub ...
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Achlys (plant)
''Achlys'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the barberry family (Berberidaceae), which it shares with genera such as ''Berberis'' and '' Vancouveria''.Gilkey, Helen M. & Dennis, La Rea J. (2001). ''Handbook of Northwestern Plants''. Oregon State University Press. p. 161 It is named after the Greek legendary figure associated with shade and mist, Achlys, because the plants grow in the shade. Species There are either two or three species, depending on the authority. ''Achlys triphylla'' and ''Achlys californica'' are both native to western North America. Another ''Achlys'' is found in Japan: some authorities treat this as a subspecies of ''A. triphylla'', while others, especially in older treatments, call this ''Achlys japonica''. Still others consider ''A. triphylla'' and ''A. californica'' too similar to be separate species. The common names for these plants include vanilla leaf (sometimes written as vanilla-leaf or vanillaleaf, depending on the taxonomist or flora), deer' ...
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Bongardia
''Bongardia'' is a very small genus of plants belonging to the family Berberidaceae, and first described in 1831. There are only two known species, ''Bongardia chrysogonum C.A.Mey.'', native to North Africa, Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ..., and the Middle East and ''B. margalla R.R.Stewart ex Qureshi & Chaudhri'', native to Pakistan. The genus was Monotypic taxon, monotypic until 1996, when the Pakistani populations were recognised by Govaerts as belonging to a second, distinct species. The species are tuberous, herbaceous plants with a large rounded tuber and attractive pinnate leaves. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs). These rare and striking plants are native to rocky, mountain slopes and cultivated fields where summers a ...
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