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Commemorative
Named for Carl Peter (Pehr or Per) Thunberg (1743-1828), doctor, botanist, student of Linnaeus who collected plants in Japan, Sri Lanka and South Africa. He published Flora Japonica (1784); Prodomus plantarum capensis (2 vols., 1794, 1800); Icones plantarum japonicarum (1805); Flora capensis (1807-1823) on the South African collections, and Voyages de C.P. Thunberg au Japon par le Cap de Bonne-Espérance, les Isles de la Sonde (1796) about his travels. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in April 1788.
Oakeley, Dr. Henry. (2012). Doctors in the Medicinal Garden. Plants named after physicians. Royal College of Physicians.
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Medicinal
Berberine, universally present in rhizomes of Berberis species, has marked antibacterial effects
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Nomenclature
Syn. = Berberis thunbergii 'Helmond Pillar'
Geographical distribution
- Asia-Temperate, Eastern Asia, Japan
Berberis thunbergii DC. 'Helmond Pillar'
Family: BERBERIDACEAEGenus: Berberis
Species: thunbergii DC.
Cultivar: 'Helmond Pillar'
Distribution summary: Garden Origin
Habit: Shrub
Hardiness: H5 - Hardy; cold winter
Garden status: Currently grown
Garden location: Plants of the World (B), Europe & Middle East (J)
Flowering months: April, May
Reason for growing: Commemorative, medicinal
