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Ranunculus

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Ranunculus

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Also known as buttercup, buttercups, persian butter cup, buttercup genus, `awa Kanaloa genus, crowfoot genus, makou genus

Ranunculus is a large genus of about 1750 species of flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae. Members of the genus are known as buttercups, spearworts and water crowfoots.

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Ranunculus, commonly known as buttercup, is a genus of plants in the family Ranunculaceae. It belongs to the order Ranunculales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta within the kingdom Plantae. The genus was described by L. and is classified as a taxon with a nucule fruit type. Its taxonomic type is *Ranunculus auricomus*.

The species have been recorded in habitats including brackish and freshwater environments. While native to various regions, the genus has been introduced to Bermuda, Mauritius, New Caledonia, Norfolk Is., and St. Helena. Occurrence records are held by institutions such as the University of Alberta Museums, and collections exist in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The genus is distinct from dandelions.

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Ranunculus

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderRanunculales
  5. FamilyRanunculaceae
Habitatbrackish, freshwater
Native toAfghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Amsterdam-St.Paul Is., Amur, Angola, Antipodean Is.
Observations181,557
Observations recorded5,940,201

Common Name: buttercup

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
10,884
With media
6,597
Family
Ranunculaceae
Collections
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, COLO, GH, COCO, ALAM, INECOL
Recorded in
United States, Canada, Mexico
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Research

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Encyclopedic overview

15 sections
Contents
  • Distribution
  • Fossil record
  • Description
  • Plant
  • Flowers
  • Reflective petals
  • Fruit
  • Naming
  • Splitting of the genus
  • Pharmacological activity
  • Toxicity
  • Species
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

Ranunculus is a large genus of about 1750 species of flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae. Members of the genus are known as buttercups, spearworts and water crowfoots.

The genus is distributed worldwide, primarily in temperate and montane regions. The familiar and widespread buttercup of gardens throughout Northern Europe (and introduced elsewhere) is the creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens, which has extremely tough and tenacious roots. Two other species are also widespread, the bulbous buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus and the much taller meadow buttercup Ranunculus acris. In ornamental gardens, all three are often regarded as weeds.

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