Genus Helleborus L.


Summary
Genus number:
5499
Last updated:
20 December 2000
Family:
Ranunculaceae
Subfamily:
Ranunculoideae
Tribe:
Helleboreae
Common name(s):

hellebore
Accession count:

37 (31  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:


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References:
  1. Meiners, J. et al. 2011. Analysis of the taxonomic subdivision within the genus Helleborus by nuclear DNA content and genome-wide DNA markers. Sci. Hort. 128:38-47. DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2010.12.011.
  2. Sun, H. et al. 2001. Molecular phylogeny of Helleborus (Ranunculaceae), with an emphasis on the East Asian-Mediterranean disjunction. Taxon 50:1001-1018.
  3. Tamura, M. 1995. Angiospermae: Ordnung Ranunculales. Fam. Ranunculaceae. In: Engler, A. & K. Prantl, eds., Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien 17a(4):248. Note: ed. 1. 1887-1915; ed. 2. 1925-
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=5499. Accessed 15 April 2026.