Berberidaceae occurs as family of 15 genera flowering plants commonly known as a barberry personal. This personal is in the order Ranunculales. A personal contains astir 570 metal money, of which a majority (450) come inside Berberis. A coinage include trees, shrubs and perennial herbaceous plants.

Genera
Achlys Berberis - Barberry Bongardia Caulophyllum Diphylleia Dysosma Epimedium Gymnospermium Jeffersonia Leontice Mahonia Nandina Podophyllum - Mayapple Ranzania Vancouveria

Around occasionally older treatments of the personal, Berberidaceae single involved iv genera (Berberis, Epimedium, Mahonia, Vancouveria), by having a more genera treated within separate families, Leonticaceae (Bongardia, Caulophyllum, Gymnospermium, Leontice), Nandinaceae (Nandina), and Podophyllaceae (Achlys, Diphylleia, Dysosma, Jeffersonia, Podophyllum, Ranzania).

Mahonia is very closely related Berberis, & a few plant scientist include it inside Berberis. Coinage in the 2 genera may be hybridised, with a hybrids existence classified in the crossed genus X Mahoberberis.