Angiospermae - Ranunculales - Ranunculaceae
Full reference: A. L. d. Jussieu. 1789. Genera plantarum :secundum ordines naturales disposita, juxta methodum in Horto regio parisiensi exaratam.
Parent taxon: Ranunculales according to The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group 2016
See also Berchtold and Presl 1820, Knowlton 1919, Mabberley 2000 and Taylor et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Anthotypolithes, Berberidaceae, Circaeasteraceae, Eupteleaceae, Fumariaceae, Lardizabalaceae, Menispermaceae, Papaveraceae, Pteridophyllaceae, Teixeiraea
Subtaxa: Aconitum Clematis Folliculites Helleborites Munierina Ranunculus Thalictrum Trollius
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Australia (14), Canada (2: Ontario), Greenland (1), India (19), Italy (1), the United Kingdom (18), United States (5: Michigan, North Carolina, Virginia, Washington)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of China (1), Italy (3), Tanzania (1)
• Pliocene of China (2), Germany (7), Italy (1), Portugal (2), the Russian Federation (1)
• Miocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Montana)
• Miocene to Pliocene of France (1), Germany (1), South Africa (1)
• Miocene of China (1), Germany (7), Poland (1), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (13)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Oligocene of the Russian Federation (4)
• Paleocene of China (1)
• Tertiary of the Russian Federation (1)
• Cretaceous of United States (4: North Dakota)
Total: 117 collections including 177 occurrences