Plant Details

Accepted name:

Berberis darwinii Hook. [Berberidaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
calafate	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
darwin's barberry	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Entire plant		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Berberis costulata Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 59: 705 (1912 publ. 1913).
Berberis darwinii var. magellanica Ahrendt Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 57: 251 (1961).
Berberis darwinii var. pendula G.Nicholson Hand-List Trees Shrubs, ed. 3: 23 (1925), nom. nud.
Berberis knightii (Lindl.) K.Koch Dendrologie 1: 413 (1869).
Mahonia knightii Lindl. J. Hort. Soc. London 5: 20 (1850).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Berberis darwinii Hook.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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