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Berberidaceae (barberry)

Angiospermae - Ranunculales - Berberidaceae

Taxonomy
Berberidaceae was named by de Jussieu (1789). It is extant.

It was assigned to Ranales by Knowlton (1919); and to Ranunculales by Mabberley (2000), Taylor et al. (2008) and The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Berberidaceae de Jussieu
1919Berberidaceae Knowlton
2000Berberidaceae Mabberley
2008Berberidaceae Taylor et al. p. 1029
2016Berberidaceae The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
—Mesangiosperms
RankNameAuthor
—EudicotsDoyle and Hotton 1991
orderRanunculales
familyBerberidaceaede Jussieu 1789
familyBerberidaceaede Jussieu 1789

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Berberidaceae de Jussieu 1789 [barberry]
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G. †Berberidiphyllum Dusen 1899
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G. Berberis Linnaeus 1753
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Berberis cretica Linnaeus 1753
†Berberis gigantea Knowlton 1902
Berberis lycium Royle 1834
Berberis vulgaris Linnaeus 1753
G. Mahonia Nuttall 1818
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†Mahonia lobodonta Becker 1959
†Mahonia mioasiatica Huang and Zhou 2015
†Mahonia mohavensis Axelrod 1939
G. Odostemon Rafinesque 1817
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†Odostemon florissantensis Cockerell 1908
†Odostemon simplex Newberry 1882
G. †Winchellia Lesquereux 1893
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†Winchellia triphylla Lesquereux 1893
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lancian to the top of the Holocene or 70.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (56 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Berberidaceae HC188 (48205 48277)
Early/Lower Eocene - Late/Upper Miocene55.8 - 5.333Argentina Berberis corymbosifolia (32201)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Mahonia marginata, Mahonia obliqua, Mahonia subdenticulata (24209)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.2 - 28.4USA (Colorado) Mahonia marginata (39837 39839 39849 39851)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Oregon) Mahonia simplex (35220 35221 35235 35236 35237 35238)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Idaho) Mahonia simplex, Mahonia creedensis (27569)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (Oregon) Mahonia sp. (237756)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333USA (Montana) Mahonia reticulata, Mahonia simplex, Mahonia lobodonta, Berberis acanthoides (23972)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Late/Upper Eocene28.4 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Mahonia simplex (35921)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97USA (Montana) Mahonia simplex (23330)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Middle Miocene28.4 - 11.608Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) Berberis sp. (169381)
Miocene - Oligocene23.03 - 23.03USA (Montana) Mahonia limirivuli, Mahonia obliqua, Mahonia retculata, Mahonia simplex, Mahonia subdenticulata, Mahonia lobodonta, Berberis acanthoides (23975)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608China (Yunnan) Mahonia mioasiatica (224412)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333China (Inner Mongolia) Berberis sp. (223896)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Montana) Mahonia hakeaeformis, Mahonia limirivuli, Mahonia reticulata, Mahonia simplex, Mahonia lobodonta (23973)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Idaho) Mahonia reticulata, Mahonia simplex (35278)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Nevada) Mahonia reticulata, Mahonia macginitiei (27179) Mahonia reticulata, Mahonia simplex, Mahonia macginitiei (27702) Mahonia reticulata, Mahonia simplex, Mahonia macginitiei, Mahonia trainii (27701)
Hemingfordian - Barstovian20.43 - 12.5USA (California) Mahonia mohavensis (19206)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nevada) Mahonia macginitiei (27630) Mahonia reticulata (27660)
Barstovian - Clarendonian16.3 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Mahonia marginata (23401)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (California) Mahonia simplex (35412)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333Bolivia Berberis sp. (31114)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (California) Mahonia reticulata, Mahonia macginitiei (27529)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Nevada) Mahonia macginitiei (27627) Mahonia reticulata, Mahonia macginitiei (27527 27629) Mahonia reticulate (27525)
Early/Lower Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nevada) Mahonia marginata (27659) Mahonia reticulata, Mahonia marginata (27661 27662)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6France (Elsass) Mahonia staphyleaeforme (21222)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588China (Tibet) Berberis sp. (224430)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Nevada) Mahonia reticulata (35922)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588China (Yunnan) Mahonia fortunei (224402)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Thuringia) Mahonia staphyleaeforme (22778)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781China (Sichuan) Berberis baiyuensis (223819)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (Kashmir) Berberis sp., Berberis ceratophylla, Berberis lycium (224613) Berberis sp., Berberis lycium (224612)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Jammu and Kashmir) Berberidaceae indet. (228775) Berberis sp. (228778)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) Berberis sp. (228848)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0India (Himachal Pradesh) Berberis sp. (228761)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Berberis sp. (93677)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India (Tamil Nadu) Berberis sp. (228788)