Ranunculaceae

Ranunculaceae ( , buttercup or crowfoot family; Latin "little frog", from "frog") is a large family of flowering plants, distributed worldwide.

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Eranthis is a genus of eight species of flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, native to southern Europe and east across Asia to Japan. The common name winter aconite comes from the early flowering time and the resemblance of the leaves to those of the related genus Aconitum, the true aconite. Like the notoriously toxic Aconitum (and, indeed, many other genera of the Ranunculaceae) Eranthis is poisonous, although the toxins are different, being mainly cardiac glycosides similar to those found in various other plant species such as Adonis vernalis or Asclepias incarnata, rather

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Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis), also called orangeroot or yellow puccoon, is a perennial herb in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, native to North America. It may be distinguished by its thick, yellow knotted rootstock. The stem is purplish and hairy above ground and yellow below ground where it connects to the yellow rhizome. Goldenseal reproduces both clonally through the rhizome and sexually, with clonal division more frequent than asexual reproduction. It takes between 4 and 5 years for a plant to reach sexual maturity, i.e. the point at which it produces flowers. Plants in the first

The genus Myosurus, or mousetail, belongs to the family Ranunculaceae. It comprises about 15 species of annual scapose herbs. These herbs are nearly cosmopolitan (lacking in eastern Asia and tropical regions), with a center of diversity in western North America. The flowers are easily recognised by bearing 6 stamens with numerous ovaries on a stalk (accounting for the name "mousetail").

Protoanemonin (sometimes called anemonol or ranunculol) is a toxin whose glycosidic precursor ranunculin is found in many plants of the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). When the plant is wounded or macerated, ranunculin is enzymatically broken down into glucose and protoanemonin. This toxin's ability to inhibit both gram positive and gram negative bacteria is linked to the presence of a 5-membered lactone ring with a highly reactive double bond system.

Callianthemum is a genus that consists of 24 species of little rhizomatous herbs from high mountains in Europe, Central Asia and East Asia. The botanical name comes from the Greek, which means beautiful flower. The plants are low-growing, ornamental perennials. Leaves are small and radical. Flowers are showy daisy-like, 1.5in in diameter, with 5-15 white or rose-color petals and nectaries at the base. Blooming in spring.

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Anemonin is a dibutenolide natural product found in members of the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae) such as Helleborus niger, Ranunculus bulbosus, R. ficaria, R. sardous, R. sceleratus, and Clematis hirsutissima. Originally isolated in 1792 by M. Heyer, It is the dimerization product of the toxin protoanemonin. One of the likely active agents in plants used in Chinese medicine as an anti-inflammatory and Native American medicine as a horse stimulant, its unique biological properties give it pharmaceutical potential as an anti-inflammatory agent.

Ranunculoideae is a subfamily of the family Ranunculaceae. Ranunculoideae currently has ten accepted tribes.

Dichocarpum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ranunculaceae.

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Calathodes is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ranunculaceae.

Ranunculin is a glycoside found in many members of the buttercup family, including species of Helleborus, Anemone, Clematis and most commonly Ranunculus. Glycosides are common in plants, where they serve as defense mechanisms against herbivores and microorganisms. When plant cell wall structures are damaged, glycosidase enzymes hydrolyze the inactive glycoside into its components- a sugar and practically any other molecule, which is called the aglycone. Ranunculin is a glucoside, which indicates that glucose is the specific sugar attached its aglycone protoanemonin.

Beesia is a genus of flowering plants in the buttercup family. It was named in 1915 after the plant nursery firm Bees of Chester, who financed the plant hunting trips of George Forrest and Frank Kingdon-Ward in China.

Oxygraphis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ranunculaceae.

Xanthorhiza simplicissima (yellowroot) is the only member of the genus Xanthorhiza, and one of very few genera in the family Ranunculaceae with a woody stem (the other notable example being Clematis). It is native to the eastern United States from Maine south to northern Florida and west to Ohio and eastern Texas. It contains the alkaloid berberine, which has a number of traditional and contemporary uses for dyeing and medicine.

Halerpestes is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ranunculaceae.

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Trautvetteria is a genus of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native from the Russian Far East to Japan, and to the southwestern and south central United States and Mexico. The genus was established in 1835.

Anemoneae is an accepted tribe of the subfamily Ranunculoideae.

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Delphinieae is a tribe of flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae. It comprises 4 genera found in Eurasia, North America, and Africa.

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Ranunculeae is an accepted tribe of the subfamily Ranunculoideae. It contains several genera, with Ranunculus as the type genus.

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Asteropyrum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ranunculaceae.

Leptopyrum is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ranunculaceae. The only species is Leptopyrum fumarioides, native to north and east Asia.

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Peltocalathos is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Ranunculaceae. The only species is Peltocalathos baurii.

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Adonideae is an accepted tribe of the subfamily Ranunculoideae. Adonideae contains three genera, Adonis, Megaleranthis and Trollius.