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Taxon: Berberis thunbergii DC.

Genus: Berberis
Family: Berberidaceae subfamily: Berberidoideae tribe: Berberideae subtribe: Berberidinae.
Nomen number: 6974
Place of publication: Syst. nat. 2:9. 1821
Name verified on: 09-Dec-1986 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 13-Jun-2005
Species priority site is: National Arboretum (NA).

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.
Check AABGA/NAPCC contact person for genus for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE STATE NOXIOUS WEED
A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:
MA*, NH*.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System

See also subordinate taxa:


Common names:

  • Japanese barberry   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  • Japanese berberis   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – English
  • Thunberg's barberry   (Source: BSBI ) – English

Economic importance:

  • Harmful organism host: crop diseases   (fide F NAmer, some straine susceptible to black stem-rust of wheat)
  • Environmental: ornamental   (although illegal in Canada fide F NAmer; Invasive Pl Spec)
  • Medicines: folklore   (fide Hu Chi Ming, pers. comm. 1996)
  • Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (fide Rep NCEPPC; Invasive Pl Spec)
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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Eastern Asia: Japan

      Naturalized: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
      Cultivated:
  • also cultivated

References:

  • Ahrendt, L. W. A. 1961. Berberis and Mahonia a taxonomic revision. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 57:166–167.
  • Botanical Society of the British Isles. 2007. BSBI checklist. (BSBI)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
  • Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. (Glea Cron)
  • Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. (Weeds SAfr 2001)
  • Hubei Inst. Bot., ed. Flora hupehensis. v. 1:1976, v. 2:1979 (F Hupeh)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Meyer, F. G. et al. 1994. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States. (L CultWPl SE US)
  • Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). (F JapanOhwi)
  • Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs. (Rehder)
  • Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri. (F Missouri)
  • Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. (F Okin)
  • Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Berberis thunbergii DC.:

  • Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Berberis thunbergii cultivars
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?6974 (09 February 2010)

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