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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.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Subgenus Ranunculus
subgenusRanunculus
Auricomus
subgenusAuricomus
Hooked buttercup
speciesRanunculus recurvatus
California buttercup
speciesRanunculus californicus
Glacier Crowfoot
speciesRanunculus glacialis
Eschscholtz's Buttercup
speciesRanunculus eschscholtzii
Australian Buttercup
speciesRanunculus lappaceus
One-leaf buttercup
speciesRanunculus monophyllus
Large Buttercup
speciesRanunculus macranthus
Maruru
speciesRanunculus reflexus
Anderson's buttercup
speciesRanunculus andersonii
low spearwort
speciesRanunculus pusillus
Ranunculus pedatus
speciesRanunculus pedatus
river buttercup
speciesRanunculus inundatus
Lapland Buttercup
speciesRanunculus lapponicus
Harvey's buttercup
speciesRanunculus harveyi
small-flowered buttercup
speciesRanunculus sessiliflorus
Sacramento Valley Buttercup
speciesRanunculus canus
pubescent-fruited buttercup
speciesRanunculus hebecarpus
Monte Gargano Buttercup
speciesRanunculus millefoliatus
prairie buttercup
speciesRanunculus platensis
Ranunculus ternatus
speciesRanunculus ternatus
Ranunculus sierrae-orientalis
speciesRanunculus sierrae-orientalis
Waoriki
speciesRanunculus glabrifolius
Ranunculus nigrescens
speciesRanunculus nigrescens
Ranunculus multiscapus
speciesRanunculus multiscapus
Ranunculus apiifolius
speciesRanunculus apiifolius
Ranunculus graniticola
speciesRanunculus graniticola
Ranunculus foliosus
speciesRanunculus foliosus
Mississippi buttercup
speciesRanunculus laxicaulis
forest buttercup
speciesRanunculus plebeius
Pallas' Buttercup
speciesRanunculus pallasii
Gunn's alpine buttercup
speciesRanunculus gunnianus
Ranunculus sieboldii
speciesRanunculus sieboldii
Ranunculus praemorsus
speciesRanunculus praemorsus
Ranunculus serpens
speciesRanunculus serpens
Ranunculus colonorum
speciesRanunculus colonorum
Ranunculus scandicinus
speciesRanunculus scandicinus
Ranunculus spicatus
speciesRanunculus spicatus
Large-flowered Buttercup
speciesRanunculus macrophyllus
Ranunculus polyphyllus
speciesRanunculus polyphyllus
Ranunculus royi
speciesRanunculus royi
anemone buttercup
speciesRanunculus anemoneus
Raoriki
speciesRanunculus macropus
Ranunculus tanguticus
speciesRanunculus tanguticus
Ranunculus monspeliacus
speciesRanunculus monspeliacus
Ranunculus platyspermus
speciesRanunculus platyspermus
Ranunculus peruvianus
speciesRanunculus peruvianus
Ranunculus franchetii
speciesRanunculus franchetii
Ranunculus victoriensis
speciesRanunculus victoriensis
Dalles Mountain Buttercup
speciesRanunculus triternatus
Ranunculus pimpinellifolius
speciesRanunculus pimpinellifolius
Arctic buttercup
speciesRanunculus grayi
Ranunculus cytheraeus
speciesRanunculus cytheraeus
Ranunculus neocuneatus
speciesRanunculus neocuneatus
Ranunculus cyprius
speciesRanunculus cyprius
Ranunculus nodiflorus
speciesRanunculus nodiflorus
Ranunculus maculatus
speciesRanunculus maculatus
Ranunculus millanii
speciesRanunculus millanii
felted buttercup
speciesRanunculus muelleri
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 48230.