genus Berberis


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Noun1.genus Berberis - large genus of shrubs of temperate zones of New and Old Worldsgenus Berberis - large genus of shrubs of temperate zones of New and Old Worlds
magnoliid dicot genus - genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms
barberry - any of numerous plants of the genus Berberis having prickly stems and yellow flowers followed by small red berries
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Berberis lycium commonly known as Barberry is the member of the genus Berberis belongs to family Berberidaceae (Sabir et al., 2013).
The genus Berberis (Berberidaceae) is represented by about 500 species distributed almost all over the world but mainly in Pakistan, India, Japan, China, Central and West Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe, East Africa, and North America [1].