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Ranunculus is a genus of about 1,700 species of plants in the Ranunculaceae. [1] Members of the genus include the buttercups , spearworts and water crowfoots . Contents
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 ...
Another fossil has been described with the name Teixeiraea, also from the Cretaceous of Portugal. [5] The genus Atli from the Late Cretaceous of Canada appears to have had a liana-like growth habit. [6] According to molecular clock calculations, the lineage that led to Ranunculales split from other plants about 132 Mya [7] or 140 Mya. [8]
The genus name Ranunculus is Late Latin for "little frog", the diminutive of rana. [13] This probably refers to many species being found near water, like frogs. [12] The common name buttercup may derive from a false belief that the plants give butter its characteristic yellow hue [citation needed] (in fact
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 alismifolius is a species of buttercup known by the common name plantainleaf buttercup. [1] It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Colorado, where it grows in moist mountain habitat such as meadows, streambanks, and bogs, becoming common to abundant in some places. It is somewhat variable in ...
Ranunculus asiaticus, the Persian buttercup, is a species of buttercup native to the eastern Mediterranean region, southwestern Asia, southeastern Europe (Crete, Karpathos and Rhodes), and northeastern Africa. [1] It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing up to 45 cm tall, with simple or branched stems.
Ranunculus lanuginosus is an entomophilous species [2] that flowers between May and August. [5] This buttercup has yellow to orange flowers with darker middle area and five floral leaves in both corolla and calyx. [4] Each flower measures from 2 to 2.5 centimetres. [5] Calyx has hairy sepals.