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When Ranunculus plants are handled, naturally occurring ranunculin is broken down to form protoanemonin, which is known to cause contact dermatitis in humans and care should therefore be exercised in extensive handling of the plants. [20] The toxins are degraded by drying, so hay containing dried buttercups is safe. [21]
Ranunculus is a genus of about 1,700 species of plants in the Ranunculaceae. [1] Members of the genus include the buttercups , spearworts and water crowfoots . Contents
Ranunculus lanuginosus, commonly known as the wooly buttercup [2] and downy buttercup, [3] is a herbaceous perennial plant species in the family Ranunculaceae, [4] that grows in some parts of Europe. [ 5 ] [ 6 ]
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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.
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.
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.
Ranunculus glaberrimus is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 4–15 centimetres (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 –6 in) tall. The roots are clustered and fleshy. [4] The somewhat thick basal leaves are oval, with long petioles, ranging from entire to having three deep lobes. Cauline leaves have short petioles but are otherwise similar.
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