Ranunculus

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

genere di pianta della famiglia Ranunculaceae

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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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Vinony's link graph records 469 inbound references to Ranunculus, and connects out to Germany, plant and Colorado.

Vinony files it under Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus, Ranunculaceae genera and Ranunculus.

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Species

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Ranunculus

GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderRanunculales
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

531 papers

Ranunculus ternatus Thunb. alkaloids attenuate colorectal cancer metastasis through EMT suppression.Phytomedicine : international journal of phytotherapy and phytopharmacology · 2025Li Y, Ye L, Li S et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2025.156965
The genus Ranunculus L. (Ranunculus) in Asia: a review of its botany, traditional uses, phytochemistry, pharmacology, toxicity, and pharmaceutical preparations.ReviewThe Journal of pharmacy and pharmacology · 2024Dai YL, Liu QZ, Wang J et al.DOI: 10.1093/jpp/rgad085
Therapeutic Potential of Ranunculus Species (Ranunculaceae): A Literature Review on Traditional Medicinal Herbs.ReviewPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Goo YKDOI: 10.3390/plants11121599
A new species of Ranunculus (Ranunculaceae) from Western Pamir-Alay, Uzbekistan.ReviewPhytoKeys · 2022Shchegoleva NV, Nikitina EV, Juramurodov IJ et al.DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.193.70757
Plant Extracts as Skin Care and Therapeutic Agents.ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2023Michalak MDOI: 10.3390/ijms242015444
Ranunculus species suppress nitric oxide production in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 macrophages.Natural product research · 2022Marrelli M, De Marco CT, Statti G et al.DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2021.1920018
The complete chloroplast genome of Ranunculus ternatus (Ranunculaceae).Mitochondrial DNA. Part B, Resources · 2023Qiao X, Wang Z, Sun W et al.DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2023.2278816
Inhibitory activities of Ranunculus japonicus Thunb. ethanol extract against hepatitis B virus.Journal of medical virology · 2022Luo M, Chen Z, Liu M et al.DOI: 10.1002/jmv.27621

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Ranunculeae
Image: Creeping butercup close 800.jpg

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taxon rank: genus
taxon name: Ranunculus
Commons category: Ranunculus
topic's main category: Category:Ranunculus
Commons gallery: Ranunculus
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=10248
taxon common name: makou genus
has fruit type: nucule
has list: list of Ranunculus species
taxonomic type: Ranunculus auricomus
different from: Dandelion
Montana Plant Life URL: montana.plant-life.org/cgi-bin/genus03.cgi?Ranunculaceae_Ranunculus
Flora of the Hawaiian Islands URL: naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/hawaiianflora/genusdescr.cfm?genus=Ranunculus

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Article · Italiano

Ranunculus (L., 1753) è un genere di piante erbacee appartenente alla famiglia delle Ranunculaceae, che comprende oltre 1600 specie (il numero è variabile secondo le varie classificazioni) originarie delle zone temperate e fredde del globo. I ranuncoli sono fiori semplici ma eleganti provenienti dall'Asia. La conoscenza di queste piante è molto antica. I turchi chiamavano queste piante “fiori doppi di Tripoli”; mentre lo scrittore e filosofo romano Apuleio (125 – 170) le nominava come “erba scellerata” a causa della loro tossicità; i greci, più anticamente, avevano invece trovato il nome di “batrachion” (vedi paragrafo seguente). Così con queste informazioni il botanico italiano Paolo Bartolomeo Clarici (1664 – 1725) introduce la descrizione del ranuncolo in un suo scritto.

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