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Subgenus Ranunculus
Ranunculus
Ranunculus /ræˈnʌŋkjʊləs/ 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.
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
In the stacks
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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.