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บัทเทอร์คัพ
Sign in to saveAlso 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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It sits within the topics 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
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
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
- 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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