2546.000 Ranunculus L.

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs with stalked radical leaves and spirally arranged stem leaves, often palmately lobed or divided. Flowers actinomorphic, bisexual, in 1-many-flowered inflorescences. Sepals 3-5, reflexed (in ours). Petals 5 or more, rarely 0, yellow (in ours) each with a nectar-secreting pit near the base. Stamens numerous. Fruit a head of numerous achenes.

Worldwide: c.600 species in temperate zones and tropical mountains

Ranunculus multifidus

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SpeciesLinks to mapsFZ divisionsContent
meyeri Harv.E
multifidus Forssk.N,W,C,E,SDescription, Image
sceleratus L.W,C

Other sources of information about Ranunculus:

Flora of Mozambique: Ranunculus
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Ranunculus
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Ranunculus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Ranunculus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ranunculus
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Ranunculus

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Ranunculus.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=582, retrieved 22 May 2013

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