Abstract: In this study the area under consideration comprises Guangxi, Guangdong, Hunan, Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian provinces. A key to 14 species and 2 subspecies of Berberis known to occur in this area is given and accepted names with synonyms and distributions are enumerated. B. pho-tiniaefolia C. M. Hu, B. fujianensis C. M. Hu, B. wuyiensis C. M. Hu, B. jiangxiensis C. M. Hu, B. oblanceifolia C. M.Hu, B. chingii subsp. wulingensis C. M. Hu, and B. chingii subsp.subedentata C. M. Hu are deseribed as new species and B.chekiangensis Ahrendt, B. pingjiangensis Q. L. Chen et B. M.Yang are reduced to synonym.