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As classified in WFO snapshot

June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Berberis L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 330 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000004457.

Statistics

Synonyms of Berberis

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Mahonia leschenaultii Takeda Flora of Madras 1 1915 wfo-0000368679
Chrysodendron Terán & Berland. Mem. Comis. Limites : 7 (1832) wfo-4000008205
Mahoberberis C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 806 (1906) wfo-4000022879
Mahonia Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 211 (1818) wfo-4000022880
Odostemon Raf. Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 2: 265 (1817) wfo-4000026623
Alloberberis C.C.Yu & K.F.Chung Taxon 66: 1385 (2017) wfo-4100003644
Moranothamnus C.C.Yu & K.F.Chung Taxon 66: 1388 (2017) wfo-4100003645

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These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Berberis:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link