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Subgenus Ranunculus
Ranunculus
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.
9 branches of this group, most-observed first
Polyanthemos
sectionPolyanthemos
Ranunculus
sectionRanunculus
Ranunculastrum
sectionRanunculastrum
Euromontani
sectionEuromontani
Echinella
sectionEchinella
Oreophili
sectionOreophili
Carter's Buttercup
speciesRanunculus bonariensis
Trisecti
sectionTrisecti
Ranunculus rectirostris
speciesRanunculus rectirostris
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 5 (1686)
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.3
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 23)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.73
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.153
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.154
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.37
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.189
Maria Sibylla Merian — Der rupsen begin, voedzel en wonderbaare verandering (1712)
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1717 · p.73
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.344
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.450
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.381
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.375
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.714
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1365503.