Ranunculus Linnaeus 1753 (buttercup)

Angiospermae - Ranunculales - Ranunculaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum 1-1200

Parent taxon: Ranunculaceae according to Y. J. Huang et al. 2021

See also Chauhan 1991, Lakhanpal et al. 1976, Liu et al. 1996 and Mabberley 2000

Sister taxa: Aconitum, Clematis, Folliculites, Helleborites, Munierina, Thalictrum, Trollius

Subtaxa: Ranunculus abortivus Ranunculus aconitifolius Ranunculus acris Ranunculus alpestris Ranunculus amplexicaulis Ranunculus anuginosus Ranunculus aquatilis Ranunculus arvensis Ranunculus asiaticus Ranunculus auricomus Ranunculus bulbosus Ranunculus bullatus Ranunculus cassubicus Ranunculus chaerophyllus Ranunculus creticus Ranunculus falcatus Ranunculus ficaria Ranunculus flammula Ranunculus glacialis Ranunculus gramineus Ranunculus grandiflorus Ranunculus hederaceus Ranunculus illyricus Ranunculus lapponicus Ranunculus lingua Ranunculus monspeliacus Ranunculus muricatus Ranunculus nivalis Ranunculus nodiflorus Ranunculus orientalis Ranunculus parnassifolius Ranunculus polyanthemos Ranunculus repens Ranunculus reptans Ranunculus rutaefolius Ranunculus sceleratus Ranunculus tachiroei Ranunculus thora

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Type: Ranunculus acris

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (2: Ontario collections), Greenland (1), India (2), the United Kingdom (9), United States (2: North Carolina, Washington)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (3)

• Pliocene of China (1), Germany (7), Italy (1), Portugal (2), the Russian Federation (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Germany (1)

• Miocene of China (1), Germany (7), Poland (1), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (12)

• Oligocene of the Russian Federation (4)

• Tertiary of the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 59 collections including 93 occurrences

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