Ranunculaceae A.L. de Jussieu. Common name: Buttercup Family.
A family of about 62 genera and 2450 species, herbs, shrubs, and vines, primarily of temperate and boreal regions. Classification of subfamilies and tribes follows Wang et al. (2009).
References: Carrive (2019); Cossard et al. (2016); Keener (1977); Tamura (1993) In Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993); Wang et al. (2009); Wang et al. (2014); Whittemore & Parfitt (1997) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (1997); Zhai et al. (2019). Show full citations.
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