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|accepted_name=Nandina
|accepted_authority=Thunberg
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Nov. Gen. Pl.
|place=1: 14. 1781
|year=1781
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Berberidaceae;Nandina
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Berberidaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Nandina]]</div></div>
|etymology=Chinese name meaning "plant from the south"
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> evergreen, to ca. 2 m, glabrous. <b>Rhizomes</b> absent. <b>Aerial</b> stems monomorphic, mostly unbranched, with leaves densely clustered mostly along distal 1/3 of plant. <b>Leaves</b> persistent, alternate, 2-3-pinnately compound; petiole attached at base of blade, petioles and petiolules swollen at base. <b>Leaf</b> blade broadly ovate in overall outline, 30-50 cm; leaflet blades elliptic to ovate to lanceolate, margins entire; venation pinnate. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal or axillary panicles of dozens to hundreds of flowers. <b>Flowers</b> 3-merous, 5-7 mm; bracteoles present; all perianth parts caducous, cream to white; sepals and petals intergrading, 27-36; nectariferous petals absent; stamens 6; anthers dehiscing by longitudinal slits; pollen exine punctate; ovary club-shaped; placentation submarginal; style central. <b>Fruits</b> berries, red to purplish, orbicular. <b>Seeds</b> 1-3, grayish or brownish; aril absent.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;Asia.
|discussion=<p>Species 1 (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p><i>Nandina</i> is treated as a separate family, Nandinaceae, by A. Takhtajan (1986).</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=nakai1915a
|text=Nakai, T. 1915-1936. Flora Sylvatica Koreana.... 22 parts. Seoul and Keijyo. Part 21, pp. 61-62.
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|id=y1954a
|text=Shen Y. 1954. Phylogeny and wood anatomy of Nandina. Taiwania 5: 89-91.
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name=Nandina
|author=R. David Whetstone; T.A. Atkinson; Daniel D. Spaulding
|authority=Thunberg
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Berberidaceae
|distribution=North America;Asia.
|reference=nakai1915a;y1954a
|publication title=Nov. Gen. Pl.
|publication year=1781
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|genus=Nandina
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