Taxon: Berberis thunbergii DC.

• the 9 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.
• Check AABGA/NAPCC contact person for genus for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

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

See also subordinate taxa:

• Berberis thunbergii var. atropurpurea (no accessions)
• Berberis thunbergii var. maximowiczii (no accessions)
• Berberis thunbergii var. minor (no accessions)

Common names:

• Japanese barberry   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• Japanese berberis   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – English
  
• Thunberg's barberry   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• häckberberis   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

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: potential seed contaminant   (fide Rep NCEPPC; Invasive Pl Spec)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Eastern Asia: Japan

• EUROPE
  Europe [c.]
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Canada
  United States

• also cultivated

References:

• Ahrendt, L. W. A. 1961. Berberis and Mahonia a taxonomic revision. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 57:166–167.
• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils. (unpublished draft)
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.
• 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.
• Hu, C. M. 1996. pers. comm. [re. common names].
• Hubei Inst. Bot., ed. Flora hupehensis. v. 1:1976, v. 2:1979
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Meyer, F. G. et al. 1994. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States.
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
• Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs.
• Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri.
• Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands.
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Berberis thunbergii.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Berberis thunbergii.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Berberis thunbergii.

Synonyms:

• Berberis maximowiczii Regel [≡ Berberis thunbergii var. maximowiczii]
  

Check other web resources 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
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• 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 (on-line resource). 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.

Images:

• Forestry Images: Images of invasive weeds from www.forestryimages.org
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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