The Berberidaceae is a small family in the British Isles. Since 2023 it has 2 genera instead of 3 and 15 species.
They are all attractive garden plants and have some other uses as you can find out in this post!
You can find a link on the Scientific name from the Plant Atlas Online which I use for the habitat and other interesting facts (with blue back-ground). Other websites are used for information on different uses, such as Wikipedia, which I have also used for most of the pictures (in Wikipedia Commons).
Pictures of Epimedium spp. by Mike Poulton with thanks! Information about where the plants originate from and parts of the world where they have been introduced, comes from RBG Kew; Plants of the World Online as well as the latest correct scientific name. Please use the link for a worldmap!
Discovered a good website from the Botanical Society of the British Isles for general information and distribution maps. See BSBI website: https://bsbi.org/plants/berberidaceae
Contents:
Berberidaceae
Berberis spp.
Berberis and Wildlife benefits
Berberis vulgaris or Barberry FBBC
- B. aggregata or Clustered Barberry
- B. microphylla (syn. B. buxifolia) or Box-leaved Barberry
- B. darwinii or Darwin’s Barberry FBBC
- B. × stenophylla (Berberis darwinii × empetrifolia) or Hedge Barberry FBBC
- B. gagnepainii or Gagnepain’s Barberry FBBC
- B. glaucocarpa or Great Barberry
- B. julianae or Chinese Barberry FBBC
- B. thunbergii or Thunberg’s Barberry FBBC
- B. wilsoniae or Mrs Wilson’s Barberry FBBC
- B. x frikartii (Berberis candidula x B. verruculosa) hybrid found in FBBC
more Berberis formerly known as Mahonia spp. or Oregon-grape
Berberis aquifolium or Oregon-grape
- B. × decumbens or Newmarket Oregon-grape
- Berberis japonica (synonym Mahonia japonica) was recorded in the FBBC