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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Berberidaceae
| image = Berberis darwinii shoot.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Berberis darwinii'' shoot with flowers
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Ranunculales]]
| familia = '''Berberidaceae'''
| familia_authority = [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu|Juss.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = See text
}}

'''Berberidaceae''' is a [[family (biology)|family]] of 15 genera [[flowering plant]]s commonly called the barberry family. This family is in the [[order (biology)|order]] [[Ranunculales]]. The family contains about 570 species, of which the majority (450) are in ''Berberis''. The species include [[tree]]s, [[shrub]]s and [[perennial plant|perennial]] [[herbaceous]] plants.

===Genera===
*''[[Achlys (plant)|Achlys]]''
*''[[Berberis]]'' - Barberry
*''[[Bongardia]]''
*''[[Caulophyllum]]''
*''[[Diphylleia]]''
*''[[Dysosma]]''
*''[[Epimedium]]''
*''[[Gymnospermium]]''
*''[[Jeffersonia]]'' - [[Twinleaf]]
*''[[Leontice]]''
*''[[Mahonia]]''
*''[[Nandina]]''
*''[[Podophyllum]]'' - [[Mayapple]]
*''[[Ranzania (plant)|Ranzania]]''
*''[[Vancouveria]]''

The [[APG II system]] of 2003 (unchanged from the [[APG system]] of 1998) 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'').

''Mahonia'' is very closely related to ''Berberis'', and some botanists include it within ''Berberis''. Species in the two genera can be [[hybrid]]ised, with the hybrids being classified in the hybrid genus ''× Mahoberberis''.

== External links ==
{{Commonscat|Berberidaceae}}
* [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/berberid.htm Berberidaceae], [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/leontica.htm Leonticaceae], [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/nandinac.htm Nandinaceae], [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/podophyl.htm Podophyllaceae] in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards), [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ ''The families of flowering plants.'']
* [http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/cgi/gateway_family?fam=Berberidaceae Berberidaceae links]
* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Tree&id=41773&lvl=3&p=mapview&p=has_linkout&p=blast_url&p=genome_blast&lin=f&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock NCBI Taxonomy Browser: Berberidaceae]
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=10100 Flora of North America: Berberidaceae]

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Berberidaceae - Revision history

Envoy at 17:18, 10 October 2007