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Historically the term Ranales was used to include the Ranunculaceae and related families, as described by Bentham and Hooker. This became replaced with Ranunculales by Melchior in 1964. [citation needed] The Cronquist system (1981) also recognised the order, but placed it in the subclass Magnoliidae, in class Magnoliopsida [= dicotyledons].
Ranunculus californicus, commonly known as the California buttercup, [1] is a flowering plant of the buttercup family Ranunculaceae. It is a native of California, where it is common in many habitats, including chaparral and woodlands. Its distribution extends across many habitats of California, north into Oregon and south into Baja California. [2]
Ranunculus lingua, the greater spearwort, [2] great spearwort, [3] tongue-leaved crowfoot, [4] or water buttercup, [5] is a plant species in the family Ranunculaceae native to temperate areas of Europe, Siberia and through to the western Himalayas.
Thalictrum revolutum, commonly known as waxy meadow-rue, is a species of flowering plant in Ranunculaceae. It is native to eastern North America. It inhabits anthropogenic habitats, forests, meadows, fields, ridges or ledges and woodlands. [1]
Thalictrum flavum, known by the common names common meadow-rue, [2] [3] poor man's rhubarb, [4] and yellow meadow-rue, [5] is a flowering plant species in the family Ranunculaceae. It is a native to Caucasus and Russia ( Siberia ).
Ranunculaceae (/ r ə n ʌ ŋ k j uː ˈ l eɪ s i ˌ aɪ,-s iː ˌ iː /, buttercup or crowfoot family; Latin rānunculus "little frog", from rāna "frog") is a family of over 2,000 known species of flowering plants in 43 genera, [2] distributed worldwide. The largest genera are Ranunculus (600 species), Delphinium (365), Thalictrum (330 ...
Ranunculus baudotii, brackish water-crowfoot, is a flowering plant in the Ranunculaceae (buttercup family). As the name suggests, it tends to grow near the sea, typically in pools and ditches in coastal marshes that are slightly salty due to sea spray. It can also be found inland where there is some saline influence.
Pulsatilla cernua, the narrow-leaf pasque-flower, is a species of plant in the family Ranunculaceae. It is a perennial plant. [4] It has dark red/purple flowers with white, silky villose hairs. Pulsatilla cernua flowers from April to May, and then the seeds ripen from May to June. P. cernua is insect pollinated.