Bailey, L.H. (1949) Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York.
Herbs or shrubs, sometimes spiny (Berberis). Leaves alternate, simple or compound. Inflorescence a raceme or flowers solitary; flowers actinomorphic, bisexual. Sepals and petals overlapping in 2 or more rows; petals often modified to nectaries. Anthers opening by 2 apical hinged valves. Ovary superior, 1-locular. Fruit a berry or capsule. Worldwide: 15 genera and 680 species in northern tempeate regions to tropical mountains. Zimbabwe: 3 cultivated genera and 6 cultivated taxa. |
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