Halerpestes Greene. Subfamily: Ranunculoideae. Tribe: Ranunculeae.
A genus of ca. 10 species, herbs, of North America, South America, and temperate Eurasia. Following the circumscriptions of Emadzade et al. (2010), Paun et al. (2005), and Tamura in Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993), Halerpestes should be segregated from Ranunculus, being in a clade with Trautvetteria and additional segregates from Ranunculus.
Ref: Emadzade et al. (2010); Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993); Paun et al. (2005); Tamura In Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993); Whittemore (1997a) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (1997). Show full citations.
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