Family CN: Buttercup Family Family Code: RANUNC Family Parent: [in RANUNCULALES] Family Authority: A.L. de Jussieu 1789 Summary: A family of about 62 genera and 2450 species, herbs, shrubs, and vines, primarily of temperate and boreal regions. Classsification of subfamilies and tribes follows Wang et al. (2009). Subfamilies and tribes follow Wang et al. (2009). Reference: Whittemore & Parfitt in FNA (1997); Wang et al. (2009); Keener (1977); Tamura in Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993). [also see HYDRASTIDACEAE] Last Updated: 2020-01-01 Publish: 1