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Ranunculus

L. (1753)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Ranunculopsida Order: Ranunculales Family: Ranunculaceae Genus: Ranunculus

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Annual or perennial herbs with fibrous or tuberous roots.

Stems: Stems erect, procumbent, or stoloniferous and rooting adventitiously at the nodes.

Roots: Fibrous root system.

Leaves: Leaves simple and/or compound. Basal leaves simple and ternately lobed or parted, or compound (ternate or rarely pinnate); cauline leaves simple and ternately lobed, parted, or compound. Alternate. Margins entire or serrate (Cauline leaves). Petiolate. Stipules absent (usually) or present (rarely).

Flowers: Flowers 1 to several in cymose inflorescences. Flowers bisexual (perfect), actinomorphic. Calyx of 3–5 sepals, rarely more, herbaceous or petaloid, spreading or reflexed, caducous, distinct. Corolla of 5–20 petals; petals yellow and glossy or white and mat in the upper ⅔, rarely reddish or green, distinct. Stamens (5–)numerous; anthers dithecal, opening by a longitudinal slit. Ovary superior; carpels numerous, each 1-celled.

Fruit: Achenes turgid or flattened; the surface smooth; papillate; striate; echinate; or with transverse ridges; glabrous or pubescent; tipped with a fibrous or stout stylar beak. Seeds with a copious endosperm and small embryo.

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Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Island Status

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Sp. Pl.: 548 (1753)

Occurrences

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