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Bailey, L.H. (1949) Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York.
Shrubs. Wood and inner bark yellow. Shoots of two sorts: long shoots armed with, usually 3-partite, spines (which are morphologically leaves) and short shoots which bear clusters of simple leaves. Flowers yellow, 3-merous, borne in panicles, fascicles, racemes or solitary. Sepals c. 9, petaloid; petals 6, each with 2 glands at the base. Stamens 6, springing inwards when touched at the base. Ovary 1-locular; ovules few. Fruit a berry. Worldwide: c. 500 species or more, found in Europe, Asia and S America with outlying species in tropical Africa (e.g. Berberis holstii in Malawi) and N. America Zimbabwe: 3 cultivated taxa. |
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| Species | Content |
| darwinii Hook. | |
| julianae C.K. Schneid. | |
| thunbergii DC. |
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