| Accepted name: |
Berberis vulgaris L. |
| Synonym(s): |
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| English names: |
European Barberry
Common Barberry
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| French names: |
Épine-vinette commune
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Berberidaceae
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| OPL Code: |
WBERVU
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
1.2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Occasionally cultivated as a fruit crop. Formerly more frequently grown but as an alternative host of cereal rusts attempts for its eradication have been made. Today mostly grown as hedge plant and for ornament. In Russia and Italy also medicinal plant. From the bark a yellow dye is obtained.(1) |
| Key Characters: |
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