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Family:
Berberidaceae Life
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> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Eudicotyledons > Order: Ranunculales
Fourteen genera and 701 species (mainly north temperate, also
Central and South America, East Asia and East Africa). However, three genera and
17 species are cultivated in the region.
Genera cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Nandina domestica (Heavenly
bamboo)
Indigenous to China and Japan. |
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Berberis
Eleven species cultivated. |
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Mahonia
Five species cultivated. |
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