Berberidaceae
Box-leaved barberry
Berberis microphylla
- Family
- Berberidaceae
- Genus
- Berberis
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 小叶小檗, 麥哲倫小蘗
- English
- Box-leaved barberry, Magellan barberry
- French
- Berbéris À Feuilles De Buis
- German
- Polster-Berberitze
- Polish
- Calafate
Synonyms
- Berberis antucoana C.K.Schneid.
- Berberis barilochensis Job
- Berberis buxifolia Lam.
- Berberis buxifolia f. nana (Carrière) C.K.Schneid.
- Berberis buxifolia f. pygmaea (Koehne) C.K.Schneid.
- Berberis buxifolia var. antarctica C.K.Schneid.
- Berberis buxifolia var. antucoana (C.K.Schneid.) Orsi
- Berberis buxifolia var. gracilior Albov
- Berberis buxifolia var. inermis (Pers.) C.K.Schneid.
- Berberis buxifolia var. macracantha Phil. ex Usteri
- Berberis buxifolia var. microphylla (G.Forst.) Gay
- Berberis buxifolia var. microphylla (G.Forst.) Speg.
- Berberis buxifolia var. nana Usteri
- Berberis buxifolia var. nana (Carrière) Mouill.
- Berberis buxifolia var. nuda C.K.Schneid.
- Berberis buxifolia var. papillosa C.K.Schneid.
- Berberis buxifolia var. spinosissima Reiche
- Berberis cristata Lavallée
- Berberis cuneata DC.
- Berberis dulcis Sweet
- Berberis dulcis var. nana Carrière
- Berberis heterophylla Juss. ex Poir.
- Berberis inermis Pers.
- Berberis magellanica Dippel
- Berberis marginata Gay
- Berberis microphylla f. serrata Ilsemann
- Berberis microphylla var. gracilior (Albov) De Wild.
- Berberis minor J.R.Forst. ex DC.
- Berberis morenonis Kuntze
- Berberis parodii Job
- Berberis pygmaea Koehne
- Berberis rotundifolia Lindl.
- Berberis spinosa Comm. ex Decne.
- Berberis spinosissima (Reiche) Ahrendt
- Berberis tricuspidata Sm. ex DC.
Flowers
- In flower
- October to December (from 148 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: María Regina Silva, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: María Regina Silva, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: María Regina Silva, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: María Regina Silva, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Patrice Dupont, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Heretiq assumed, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ghislain118 http://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jean Jacques Godon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ghislain118 https://www.fleurs-des-montagnes.net, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Belladonna55, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Jackson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Belladonna55, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.