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Ranunculus sceleratus
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species of plant
OverviewAI-generated
Ranunculus sceleratus, commonly known as the celery-leaved buttercup or marsh crowfoot, is a species of herbaceous plant within the family Ranunculaceae. It belongs to the genus Ranunculus and is classified under the order Ranunculales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta in the kingdom Plantae. The species has been assigned the IUCN conservation status of Least Concern.
The taxon range includes China, Shanghai, Fujian, and Tianjin. It is also native to various regions such as Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Arkansas, and Assam. The plant has uses as a medicinal plant and insecticide.
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Species
Least ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderRanunculales
- FamilyRanunculaceae
Common Name: celery-leaved crowfoot
via GBIF · IUCN · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 6,831
- With media
- 5,155
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Collections
- UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, ENCB-IPN, CHSC, MADUG-UG, CAS, DAV
- Recorded in
- Canada, Mexico, United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Subclass of
- herbaceous plant
- Parent taxon
- Ranunculus
- Image
- Ranunculus sceleratus - mürktulikas Keilas.jpg
- Has use
- insecticide
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- taxon rank
- species
- taxon name
- Ranunculus sceleratus
- Commons category
- Ranunculus sceleratus
- Commons gallery
- Ranunculus sceleratus
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon common name
- opih
- taxon range
- Zhoushan Archipelago
- short name
- R. sceleratus
- taxon author citation
- L.
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Encyclopedic overview
Flowers
Ranunculus sceleratus known by the common names celery-leaved buttercup, celery-leaf buttercup, and cursed buttercup is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae. It has a circumpolar distribution in the northern hemisphere, native to temperate and boreal North America and Eurasia, where it grows in wet and moist habitats, including ponds and streambanks.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ranunculus sceleratus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.