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The common name buttercup may derive from a false belief that the plants give butter its characteristic yellow hue [citation needed] (in fact it is poisonous to cows and other livestock). A popular children's game involves holding a buttercup up to the chin; a yellow reflection is supposed to indicate a fondness for butter. [14]
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 ...
Ranunculales is an order of flowering plants. Of necessity it contains the family Ranunculaceae, the buttercup family, because the name of the order is based on the name of a genus in that family. Ranunculales belongs to a paraphyletic group known as the basal eudicots.
Ranunculus acris is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, and is one of the more common buttercups across Europe and temperate Eurasia. Common names include meadow buttercup , [ 1 ] tall buttercup , [ 2 ] common buttercup and giant buttercup .
Anemone (/ ə ˈ n ɛ m ə n iː /) is a genus of flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae.Plants of the genus are commonly called windflowers. [2] They are native to the temperate and subtropical regions of all regions except Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica. [1]
Eranthis is a genus of eight species of flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, native to southern Europe and east across Asia to Japan. [1] [2] [3] The common name winter aconite comes from the early flowering time and the resemblance of the leaves to those of the related genus Aconitum, the true aconite.
Ranunculus fascicularis, commonly called early buttercup, [1] is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). It is native to the eastern North America , where it is found in Canada and the United States . [ 2 ]
Ranunculus allenii, commonly known as Allen's buttercup, is a flowering plant in the crowfoot or buttercup family, Ranunculaceae. Generally found in wetlands in northern latitudes, it bears yellow flowers in summer, which are pollinated by insects.