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The Plant List (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden) - Species in Ranunculus USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, PLANTS Database search with keyword = ranunculus USDA Germplam Resources Information Network (GRIN) Species Records of Ranunculus
Ranunculus / r æ ˈ n ʌ ŋ k j ʊ l ə s / [3] is a large genus of about 1750 species [1] [2] of flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae.Members of the genus are known as buttercups, spearworts and water crowfoots.
Ranunculaceae (/ r ə n ʌ ŋ k j uː ˈ l eɪ s i ˌ aɪ,-s iː ˌ iː /, buttercup or crowfoot family; Latin rānunculus "little frog", from rāna "frog") is a family of over 2,000 known species of flowering plants in 43 genera, [2] distributed worldwide. The largest genera are Ranunculus (600 species), Delphinium (365), Thalictrum (330 ...
Ranunculales is an order of flowering plants. Of necessity it contains the family Ranunculaceae, the buttercup family, because the name of the order is based on the name of a genus in that family. Ranunculales belongs to a paraphyletic group known as the basal eudicots.
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Ranunculus californicus, commonly known as the California buttercup, [1] is a flowering plant of the buttercup family Ranunculaceae. It is a native of California, where it is common in many habitats, including chaparral and woodlands. Its distribution extends across many habitats of California, north into Oregon and south into Baja California. [2]
Ranunculus multifidus, called the common buttercup in South Africa, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae. [2] It is native to Sub‑Saharan Africa (except West Africa), Madagascar, and the Arabian Peninsula. [1] It grows in wet areas. [2] It is used in traditional medicine to treat sores [3] and toothaches. [4]
Ranunculus nivalis, the snow buttercup, [1] is a species of plant in the family Ranunculaceae.It is a perennial herb that grows up to 9 in (23 cm). [2] It grows in wet alpine meadows, cliffs and streamsides. [2]