Family Ranunculaceae Jussieu 1789 (buttercup)

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

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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

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