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Genus:
Helleborus
Life
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Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Eudicotyledons > Order: Ranunculales > Family: Ranunculaceae
Three species cultivated.
Species cultivated in southern Africa
List from
Glen (2002).
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Helleborus foetidus (Stinking hellebore)
Native to western Europe.
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Helleborus niger (Christmas rose, Black hellebore)
Native to Europe.
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Helleborus orientalis (Lenten rose)
Native to Turk and the Caucusus.
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