''Berberidopsis'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s in the small family
Berberidopsidaceae.
Species
The genus contains two species:
* ''
Berberidopsis beckleri'' - montane tape vine, of
Australia.
* ''
Berberidopsis corallina'' - coral plant of
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
, a threatened woody vine, locally known as ''voqui fuco''. Its stems are used in traditional basketry by southern
Mapuche
The Mapuche ( (Mapuche & Spanish: )) are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina, including parts of Patagonia. The collective term refers to a wide-ranging ethnicity composed of various groups who s ...
people.
References
External links
* Pictures o
''Berberidopsis corallina''in Chile.
Berberidopsidales
Eudicot genera
Taxa named by Joseph Dalton Hooker
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