Berberis L.
(barberries)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Berberis thunbergii Thunberg’s Barberry					Species		16 images
Berberis vulgaris Barberry					Species		16 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Berberis (barberries)
Family	BERBERIDACEAE (barberrys)
Order	RANUNCULALES (buttercups, poppies and barberries)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Berberis is also a member of:
Broadleaved shrubs - broadleaved shrubs (via Berberidaceae)
Endomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs - endomycorrhizal or endotrophic mycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs (via Berberidaceae)
Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs - endomycorrhizal or endotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs (via Endomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Broadleaved trees and shrubs - broadleaved trees and shrubs (via Endomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Xylophytes - broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers (via Broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Endomycorrhizal plants - plants that form endomycorrhiza (via Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs)
Trees and shrubs - trees and shrubs, including conifers (via Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs)
Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants - trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers (via Broadleaved shrubs)

Berberis (barberries) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Berberis (barberries)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 74 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Berberis (barberries)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Berberis is also a member of:

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