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Ranunculus
Ranunculus
Ranunculus is a large genus of about 600 species of plants in the Ranunculaceae. Members of the genus include the buttercups, spearworts, water crowfoots and the lesser celandine....

is a genus

Genus

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of about 600 species

Species

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of plant

Plant

Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...

s in the Ranunculaceae

Ranunculaceae

Ranunculaceae are a family of about 1700 species of flowering plants in about 60 genera, distributed worldwide....

. Members of the genus include the buttercups, spearworts, water crowfoots and the lesser celandine

Lesser celandine

Lesser celandine is a low-growing, hairless perennial plant, with fleshy dark green, heart-shaped leaves. The plant is found throughout Europe and west Asia and is now introduced in North America. It prefers bare, damp ground and in the UK it is often a persistent garden weed...

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Species & Synonyms	Common Names	Native Range
Ranunculus abaensis W.T.Wang 1987 *Ranunculus indivisus* (Maxim.) Hand.-Mazz. var. abaensis (W.T.Wang) W.T.Wang 1995
*Ranunculus abnormis* Cutanda & Willk. 1859		Iberian Peninsula Iberian Peninsula The Iberian Peninsula , sometimes called Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes the modern-day sovereign states of Spain, Portugal and Andorra, as well as the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar...
*Ranunculus abortivus* L. 1753 R. abortivus L. ssp. acrolasius (Fernald) Kapoor & A. Löve & D. Löve R. abortivus L. var. acrolasius Fernald R. abortivus L. var. eucyclus Fernald R. abortivus L. var. indivisus Fernald R. abortivus L. var. typicus Fernald	Little-leaf buttercup, Small-flower crowfoot, Kidney-leaf buttercup, Small-flowered buttercup	North America North America North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
*Ranunculus acaulis* DC. R. litoralis Schltdl. 1857 R. stenopetalus Ovcz.	Dune buttercup, Sand buttercup, Shore buttercup	New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
*Ranunculus acetosellifolius* Boiss. 1838		Southwestern Europe Europe Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
Ranunculus aconitifolius Ranunculus aconitifolius Ranunculus aconitifolius is a species of herbaceous perennials of the genus Ranunculus in the family Ranunculaceae.The leaves and stems are slightly hairy... L. 1753	Aconite-leaf buttercup	Europe Europe Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
Ranunculus acraeus Heenan Heenan Heenan is the name ofBobby Heenan , American wrestlerCatherine Heenan, American journalistDaniel Heenan , Australian rugby playerEric Heenan, Australian lawyerJohn Heenan , several personsKatie Heenan Heenan is the name ofBobby Heenan (b. 1944), American wrestlerCatherine Heenan, American... & P.J.Lockh. 2006	Cartman's buttercup	New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
Ranunculus acriformis A.Gray 1886	Sharpleaf buttercup, Autumn buttercup	North America North America North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
Ranunculus acriformis A.Gray var. acriformis R. acriformis var. typicus L.D.Benson	Sharpleaf buttercup	Colorado Colorado Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains... , Wyoming Wyoming Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...
*Ranunculus acris* L. 1753 R. acer auct. R. acris var. latisectus Beck Beck Beck Hansen is an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, known by the stage name Beck...	Common buttercup, Meadow buttercup, Tall buttercup	Temperate Eurasia Eurasia Eurasia is a continent or supercontinent comprising the traditional continents of Europe and Asia ; covering about 52,990,000 km2 or about 10.6% of the Earth's surface located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres...
*Ranunculus acutilobus* Ledeb. 1753 R. acutidentatus Rupr.
*Ranunculus adoneus* A.Gray 1863 R. adoneus var. alpinus (S.Watson) L.D.Benson R. eschscholtzii var. adoneus (A.Gray) C.L.Hitchc. R. eschscholtzii var. alpinus C.L.Hitchc. R. orthorhynchus var. alpinus S.Watson	Alpine buttercup	Rocky Mountains Rocky Mountains The Rocky Mountains are a major mountain range in western North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch more than from the northernmost part of British Columbia, in western Canada, to New Mexico, in the southwestern United States...
*Ranunculus adoxifolius* Hand.-Mazz. 1939
*Ranunculus aduncus* Gren. 1847
Ranunculus aestivalis Ranunculus aestivalis Ranunculus aestivalis is a rare species of buttercup known by the common name autumn buttercup. It is endemic to the state of Utah in the United States, where it exists only in Garfield County next to the Sevier River. It is restricted to a moist microhabitat in an otherwise dry, open ecosystem,... (L.D.Benson) Van Buren & K.T.Harper R. acriformis A.Gray var. aestivalis L.D.Benson *R. acris* var. aestivalis	Autumn buttercup, Autumn sharp buttercup, Autumn-fir buttercup, Fall buttercup	Utah Utah Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
*Ranunculus ageri* Bertol. R. gracilis auct.
*Ranunculus albertii* Regel & Schmalh. 1877 R. sulphureus var. albertii (Regel & Schmalh.) Maxim.
*Ranunculus alismellus* (A. Gray) Greene 1892 R. alismifolius var. alismellus A. Gray		Western North America North America North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
Ranunculus alismifolius Ranunculus alismifolius Ranunculus alismifolius is a species of buttercup known by the common name plantainleaf buttercup. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Colorado, where it grows in moist mountain habitat such as meadows, streambanks, and bogs, becoming common to abundant in... Geyer ex Benth. 1849	Plantainleaf buttercup	Western North America North America North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
Ranunculus allegheniensis Britton 1895	Allegheny Mountain buttercup	Eastern North America North America North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
*Ranunculus alpestris* L. 1753	Alpine buttercup	Europe Europe Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
Ranunculus ambigens S.Watson 1878 R. obtusiusculus Raf.	Waterplantain spearwort	Eastern North America North America North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
Ranunculus andersonii Ranunculus andersonii Ranunculus andersonii is a species of buttercup known by the common name Anderson's buttercup. It is native to the western United States, including the Great Basin and surrounding regions, where it grows in sagebrush, woodlands, and other habitat... A. Gray 1868 R. andersonii var. tenellus S.Watson 1871 R. juniperinus M.E.Jones 1895 R. andersonii var. juniperinus (Jones) S.L.Welsh 1986	Anderson's buttercup	Western United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Ranunculus aquatilis Ranunculus aquatilis Ranunculus aquatilis is a plant species of the genus Ranunculus, native throughout most of Europe and western North America, and also northwest Africa.... L. 1753 R. heterophyllus Weber Weber Weber is a surname of German origin, derived from the noun meaning "weaver". In some cases, following migration to English-speaking countries, it has been anglicised to the English surname 'Webber' or even 'Weaver'.Notable people with the surname include:... R. radians Revel Revel - Places :* Revel, Haute-Garonne, a commune of the Haute-Garonne department in south-western France* Revel, Isère, a commune in the Isère department in south-eastern France* Revel-Tourdan, in the Isère département...	Common water-crowfoot, White water-crowfoot	Europe Europe Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting... , Africa Africa Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area... , North America North America North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
Ranunculus arvensis Ranunculus arvensis Ranunculus arvensis is a plant species of the genus Ranunculus. It is native to Europe, but it can be found on other continents as an introduced species and sometimes a weed, including in North America and Australia. It was formerly a common annual arable weed in Britain, but is now rare there... L. 1753 Cynomorbium heterophyllum Opiz 1804 R. arvensis var. tuberculatus DC.	Corn buttercup, Devil-on-all-sides, Scratch bur	Europe Europe Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
Ranunculus asiaticus Ranunculus asiaticus Ranunculus asiaticus is a species of buttercup native to the eastern Mediterranean region in southwestern Asia, southeastern Europe , and northeastern Africa.... L. 1753	Persian buttercup, Persian crowfoot, Asian buttercup	Eastern Mediterranean Basin Mediterranean Basin In biogeography, the Mediterranean Basin refers to the lands around the Mediterranean Sea that have a Mediterranean climate, with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers, which supports characteristic Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub vegetation...
Ranunculus auricomus Ranunculus auricomus Ranunculus auricomus, known as Goldilocks Buttercup, is a perennial species of buttercup native to temperate Eurasia. It is a calcicole typically found in moist woods and at the margins of woods. It is apomictic, and several hundred agamospecies have been recognised. The stem leaves are few and... L. 1753	Goldilocks buttercup, Greenland buttercup	Northern Eurasia Eurasia Eurasia is a continent or supercontinent comprising the traditional continents of Europe and Asia ; covering about 52,990,000 km2 or about 10.6% of the Earth's surface located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres... , Greenland Greenland Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...

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Species & Synonyms	Common Names	Native Range
*Ranunculus barceloi* Grau (1984) R. chaerophyllos var. balearicus Barceló R. pusillus Pomel (not Poiret)
*Ranunculus biternatus*	Antarctic buttercup
Ranunculus bonariensis Ranunculus bonariensis Ranunculus bonariensis is a species of buttercup known by the common name Carter's buttercup. There are three varieties. Two are native to Chile and Argentina, and one is found in central California in the United States.-External links:***... Poir.	Carter's buttercup	Chile, Argentina, Central California
*Ranunculus bulbosus* L.	St Anthony's turnip, Bulbous buttercup	Europe
*Ranunculus bullatus*	Autumn buttercup	Mediterranean region

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Species & Synonyms	Common Names	Native Range
Ranunculus californicus Benth.	California buttercup	California
Ranunculus canus Ranunculus canus Ranunculus canus is a species of buttercup known by the common name Sacramento Valley buttercup. It is endemic to California, where it grows in the Central Valley and adjacent mountain foothills, and the Transverse Ranges just south. It grows in grassland and meadows in woodland and forest habitat... Benth.	Sacramento Valley buttercup	California
Ranunculus cardiophyllus Hook.
Ranunculus carinthiacus	Carinthian buttercup	Europe
Ranunculus cassubicifolius		Europe
Ranunculus cassubicus	Kashubian buttercup	Eastern Europe
Ranunculus crassipes Ranunculus crassipes Ranunculus crassipes is a small flowering plant in the buttercup or crowfoot family Ranunculaceae that is native to the subantarctic region. The specific epithet comes from the Latin and refers to the plant’s thicker and more succulent form compared to the closely related R...	Subantarctic buttercup	Subantarctic region
Ranunculus caucasicus
Ranunculus circinatus	Fan-leaved water-crowfoot	Europe
Ranunculus coloradensis (L. Benson) L. Benson
Ranunculus cooleyae Vasey & Rose Kumlienia cooleyae (Vasey & Rose) Greene	Cooley's false buttercup	Northwestern North America North America North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
Ranunculus cordiger Viviani
Ranunculus cymbalaria Ranunculus cymbalaria Ranunculus cymbalaria is a species of buttercup known by the common names alkali buttercup and seaside buttercup. It is native to much of Eurasia and parts of North and South America, where it grows in many types of habitat, especially in moist to wet areas such as marshes, bogs, and moist spring... Pursh	Alkali buttercup, Seaside buttercup	Eurasia, North America, South America

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Species & Synonyms	Common Names	Native Range	Illustration
*Ranunculus degenii* Kümmerle & Jáv.
*Ranunculus demissus* DC.
*Ranunculus densiciliatus* W.T. Wang
*Ranunculus dichotomus* Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
*Ranunculus dielsianus* Ulbr.
*Ranunculus diffusus* DC.
*Ranunculus dingjieensis* L. Liou
*Ranunculus dissectus* M.Bieb.
*Ranunculus distans* Royle
*Ranunculus dongrergensis* Hand.-Mazz.
*Ranunculus donianus* Pritz.

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Species & Synonyms	Common Names	Native Range	Illustration
Ranunculus eschscholtzii Ranunculus eschscholtzii Ranunculus eschscholtzii is a species of buttercup known by the common name Eschscholtz's buttercup. It is native to much of western North America from Arctic northwestern Canada and Alaska to California to New Mexico, where it grows in meadows and talus on high mountain slopes and other open rocky... Schltdl. 1820 R. pauperculus Ovcz.	Eschscholtz's buttercup	Western North America
*Ranunculus extensus* (Hook. f.) Schilbe. ex Engl. 1891 R. pinnatus var. extensus Hook. f.

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Species & Synonyms	Common Names	Native Range
Ranunculus falcatus auct. non L. Ranunculus testiculatus Crantz Ceratocephala falcata auct. non (L.) Pers. Ceratocephala orthoceras DC. Ceratocephala testiculata Ceratocephala testiculata Ceratocephala testiculata is a flowering plant that is native to Eurasia. Common names include bur buttercup and curveseed butterwort. It is very small, usually only about an inch or two tall, but potentially getting up to four inches. The flowers are small and dull yellow... (Crantz Crantz Crantz is surname of:* Albert Krantz , German historian* Christl Cranz * Edvard Sylou-Creutz , a Norwegian classical pianist, composer and radio personality... ) Roth	Curveseed butterwort	Eurasia Eurasia Eurasia is a continent or supercontinent comprising the traditional continents of Europe and Asia ; covering about 52,990,000 km2 or about 10.6% of the Earth's surface located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres...
Ranunculus fallax		Europe
Ranunculus fascicularis	Early buttercup	Eastern North America
Ranunculus ficaria	Fig buttercup, Lesser celandine	Europe, West Asia
Ranunculus flabellaris Ranunculus flabellaris fvRanunculus flabellaris is a plant, a species of buttercup known by the common name yellow water buttercup. It is native to much of North America, including the southern half of Canada and most of the United States. It is aquatic or semi-aquatic, growing in water or in or near muddy areas in many...	Yellow water buttercup	North America
Ranunculus flammula Ranunculus flammula Ranunculus flammula L. is a species of perennial herbaceous plants in the genus Ranunculus , growing in damp places throughout the Boreal Kingdom. It is very closely related to R. reptans L., which is distinguished by prostrate and more slender stems, narrower leaves and smaller flowers and is...	Lesser spearwort	Boreal Kingdom Boreal Kingdom The Boreal Kingdom or Holarctic Kingdom is a floristic kingdom identified by botanist Ronald Good , which includes the temperate to Arctic portions of North America and Eurasia. Its flora is inherited from the ancient supercontinent of Laurasia...
Ranunculus fluitans Ranunculus fluitans Ranunculus fluitans ' is a species of buttercup. It is a perennial and bushy in favourable conditions when it can grow to 6m height...	River water-crowfoot	Europe

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Species & Synonyms	Common Names	Native Range
Ranunculus glaberrimus Ranunculus glaberrimus Ranunculus glaberrimus is a small plant native to interior western North America, from central British Columbia east to southern Saskatchewan, southwest to northeastern California, and southeast to northern New Mexico...	Sagebrush buttercup	Interior western North America
Ranunculus glacialis Ranunculus glacialis Ranunculus glacialis, the glacier crowfoot or glacier buttercup, is a plant of the family Ranunculaceae.-Distribution:Ranunculus glacialis is an arctic-alpine species, found in the high mountains of southern Europe as well as on the Scandinavian peninsula, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Jan Mayen,...	Glacier crowfoot, Glacier buttercup	Arctic-alpine Europe, Siberia, Alaska
Ranunculus gmelinii Ranunculus gmelinii Ranunculus gmelinii or Gmelin's buttercup is a perennial flowering forb in the family Ranunculaceae. Like most buttercups it typically has five glossy yellow petals which are radially symmetric. It blooms from late spring through summer. The stem is prostrate on moist ground or floating, and will...	Gmelin's buttercup	North America
Ranunculus gormanii Ranunculus gormanii Ranunculus gormanii is a species of buttercup known by the common name Gorman's buttercup. It is native to Oregon and northern California, where it grows in the Klamath Mountains and a section of the southern Cascade Range. It can be found in moist areas in mountain forests and meadows...	Gorman's buttercup	Oregon, Northern California
Ranunculus gramineus	Grassy-leaved buttercup	Southern Europe

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Species & Synonyms	Common Names	Native Range
Ranunculus hebecarpus Ranunculus hebecarpus Ranunculus hebecarpus is a species of buttercup known by the common name delicate buttercup. It is native to western North America, including several of the western United States and Baja California, where it grows in grassland, woodland, and chaparral habitat. It is an annual herb producing a...	Delicate buttercup	Western North America North America North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
*Ranunculus hederaceus*	Ivy-leaved Crowfoot	Europe Europe Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
Ranunculus hispidus	Bristly buttercup, Hispid buttercup, Swamp buttercup	Eastern North America North America North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
*Ranunculus hybridus*	Hybrid buttercup	European Alps Alps The Alps is one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west....
Ranunculus hydrocharoides Ranunculus hydrocharoides Ranunculus hydrocharoides is a species of buttercup known by the common name frogbit buttercup, or frog's bit butterup. It is native to western North America, including the southwestern United States and Mexico. It is also known from Guatemala. It is aquatic or semi-aquatic, growing floating in...	Frogbit buttercup, Frog's bit buttercup	Western North America North America North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
*Ranunculus hyperboreus* Rottb. 1770	High northern buttercup	Northern North America North America North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

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Species & Synonyms	Common Names	Native Range	Illustration
*Ranunculus illyricus* L. 1753 R. alexeenkoi Grossh. R. meridionalis Grossh.		Eastern Europe

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Species & Synonyms	Common Names	Native Range	Illustration
Ranunculus japonicus Thunb. 1794 R. acris ssp. japonicus (Thunb.) Hultén R. acris var. japonicus (Thunb.) Maxim. R. acris var. japonicus (Thunb.) Maxim. ex Makino	mao gen	China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
Ranunculus jovis Ranunculus jovis Ranunculus jovis is a species of buttercup known by the common name Utah buttercup. It is native to the mountain west of the United States, from Nevada to Wyoming. It is a petite plant, growing a few centimeters tall on hairless stems with a few deeply divided fingerlike leaves at the base...	Utah buttercup	Mountain west United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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Species & Synonyms	Common Names	Native Range	Illustration
Ranunculus kadzusensis	Maehwamarum Ganghwa Maehwamarum Habitat Ganghwa Maehwamarum Habitat is located at Choji-ri, Gilsang-myun, Ganghwa-gun, Incheon Metropolitancity, South Korea. Maehwamarum is a plant that grows in a swamp or a lake and it is about 50 cm tall. Until the 1960s, Maehwamarum was very abundant and easily seen... , Korean water crowfoot	Asia
Ranunculus kuepferi

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Species & Synonyms	Common Names	Native Range
Ranunculus lanuginosus L. 1753 Ranunculus umbrosus Ten.	Woolly buttercup	Europe Europe Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
Ranunculus lappaceus Ranunculus lappaceus Ranunculus lappaceus, commonly known as the common buttercup, Australian buttercup or Yarrakalgamba, is found across eastern Australia. Like buttercups elsewhere, it is a perennial herb with yellow flowers appearing in spring and summer....	Australian buttercup	Eastern Australia
Ranunculus lapponicus Ranunculus lapponicus Ranunculus lapponicus is distributed all over the arctic, with the exception of northern and eastern Greenland....	Lapland buttercup	Arctic
Ranunculus lingua	Greater spearwort	Eurasia
Ranunculus lobbii Ranunculus lobbii Ranunculus lobbii is a species of buttercup known by the common name Lobb's buttercup, or Lobb's aquatic butterup. It is native to a few areas in western North America, where it is reported from British Columbia, Oregon, and northern California. It is an aquatic plant, growing in various types of...	Lobb's buttercup, Lobb's aquatic butterup	Western North America
Ranunculus longirostris Ranunculus longirostris Ranunculus longirostris is a plant species of the genus Ranunculus.-External links:... Godr. 1840 R. aquatilis Ranunculus aquatilis Ranunculus aquatilis is a plant species of the genus Ranunculus, native throughout most of Europe and western North America, and also northwest Africa.... var. diffusus* With.	Longbeak buttercup, White water-crowfoot	North America
Ranunculus lyallii	Mount Cook Lily, Mount Cook buttercup, Mountain buttercup	New Zealand

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Species & Synonyms	Common Names	Native Range
Ranunculus macounii Ranunculus macounii Ranunculus macounii is a species of buttercup known by the common name Macoun's buttercup. It is native to much of North America, from Alaska and northwestern Canada to Newfoundland and Labrador, and the contiguous United States except for the northeast and southeastern areas. It grows in many...	Macoun's buttercup	North America
Ranunculus macrophyllus	Large-leaf buttercup	Europe
Ranunculus millefolius Banks & Sol.	Jerusalem buttercup, Nurit	Israel
Ranunculus moseleyi	Moseley's buttercup
Ranunculus muricatus Ranunculus muricatus Ranunculus muricatus is a species of buttercup known by the common name spinyfruit buttercup. It is native to Europe, but it can be found in many other places in the world, including parts of Africa, Australia, and the western and eastern United States, as an introduced species and agricultural and...	Spinyfruit buttercup	Europe

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Species & Synonyms	Common Names	Native Range	Illustration
Ranunculus nivalis Ranunculus nivalis Snow buttercup is a species of plant in the Ranunculaceae family.... L. 1753	Snow buttercup

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Species & Synonyms	Common Names	Native Range
Ranunculus occidentalis Ranunculus occidentalis Ranunculus occidentalis is a species of buttercup found in the western United States and Canada. Its distribution extends from Alaska through British Columbia and Alberta to central California...	Western buttercup	Western North America
Ranunculus ophioglossifolius	Badgeworth Buttercup	Europe
Ranunculus orthorhynchus Ranunculus orthorhynchus Ranunculus orthorhynchus is a species of buttercup known by the common name straightbeak buttercup. It is native to western North America from Alaska to California to Utah, where it grows in moist areas in many types of habitat, including meadows and marshes...	Straightbeak buttercup	Western North America

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Species & Synonyms	Common Names	Native Range
Ranunculus papulentus Ranunculus papulentus Ranunculus papulentus is a buttercup that is endemic to south-eastern Australia.-Description:The Large River Buttercup is an upright perennial herb 10-25 cm in height with underground stolons. The flowering stems are slender and erect, 3-30 cm in height. It has 2-4 flowers with spreading, glossy...	Large River buttercup	Southeastern Australia
Ranunculus parviflorus Ranunculus parviflorus Ranunculus parviflorus is a species of buttercup known by the common name smallflower buttercup. It is native to Europe, but it is known on other areas of the world as an introduced species and sometimes a roadside weed, for example, in parts of Australia and the United States. It is an annual herb...	Smallflower buttercup	Europe
Ranunculus peltatus Ranunculus peltatus Ranunculus peltatus is a plant species in the genus Ranunculus, native to Europe, southwestern Asia and northern Africa.It is a herbaceous annual or perennial plant generally found in slow streams, ponds, or lakes...	Pond water crowfoot	Europe, Southwestern Asia, Northern Africa
Ranunculus pensylvanicus	Pennsylvania buttercup	North America
Ranunculus platanifolius	Large white buttercup
Ranunculus populago Ranunculus populago Ranunculus populago is a species of buttercup known by the common names popular buttercup and mountain buttercup. It is native to the Pacific Northwest and surrounding areas in the United States, where it grows in wet habitat, such as bogs, streambanks, and moist mountain meadows...	Popular buttercup, Mountain Buttercup	Pacific Northwest United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Ranunculus pusillus Ranunculus pusillus Ranunculus pusillus is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup genus known by the common name low spearwort. It is native to much of the eastern United States from New York to Florida and west to Texas; it is also known in California. It grows in wet habitat, where it is semi-aquatic growing...	Low spearwort	Eastern United States
Ranunculus pygmaeus Ranunculus pygmaeus Ranunculus pygmaeus is a species of buttercup found throughout the Arctic, as well as in the mountains of Norway and the Rocky Mountains. A few populations also exist in the Eastern Alps and Tatra Mountains.It is a small plant, prostrate-ascending, 1-5 cm tall...	Pygmy buttercup	Circumpolar Arctic
Ranunculus pyrenaeus	Pyrenean buttercup

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Species & Synonyms	Common Names	Native Range
Ranunculus recurvatus Ranunculus recurvatus Ranunculus recurvatus is a plant species of the genus Ranunculus in the family Ranunculaceae native to eastern North America. It is an early-flowering plant of moist deciduous woods from central Quebec south to Florida....	Hooked crowfoot, Hooked buttercup	Eastern North America North America North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
Ranunculus repens	Creeping buttercup	Eurasia, Northwest Africa Africa Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
Ranunculus reptans R. flammula Ranunculus flammula Ranunculus flammula L. is a species of perennial herbaceous plants in the genus Ranunculus , growing in damp places throughout the Boreal Kingdom. It is very closely related to R. reptans L., which is distinguished by prostrate and more slender stems, narrower leaves and smaller flowers and is... var. filiformis	Greater creeping spearwort	North America North America North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

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Species & Synonyms	Common Names	Native Range
Ranunculus sardous Ranunculus sardous Ranunculus sardous is a species of buttercup known by the common name hairy buttercup. It is native to Europe and it can be found in many other areas of the world, including parts of the United States and Australia, as an introduced species and a roadside and lawn weed. It grows in many types of...	Hairy buttercup, Sardinian buttercup	Europe
Ranunculus sceleratus Ranunculus sceleratus Ranunculus sceleratus is a species of buttercup known by the common names cursed buttercup and celery-leaved buttercup. It is native to North America and Eurasia, where it grows in wet and moist habitat, including ponds and streambanks. It is an annual herb growing up to half a meter tall...	Cursed buttercup, Celery-leaved buttercup	Eurasia, North America
Ranunculus seguieri	Seguier's buttercup	Southeastern Europe
Ranunculus septentrionalis Ranunculus septentrionalis Ranunculus septentrionalis is a species of buttercup found in North America from New Brunswick to Manitoba and from Georgia to Kansas. It is now considered to be a subspecies of Ranunculus hispidus....	Swamp buttercup	Eastern North America
Ranunculus sieboldii		Asia
Ranunculus subrigidus W.B.Drew	White water-crowfoot

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Species & Synonyms	Common Names	Native Range
Ranunculus testiculatus Ceratocephala testiculata Ceratocephala testiculata Ceratocephala testiculata is a flowering plant that is native to Eurasia. Common names include bur buttercup and curveseed butterwort. It is very small, usually only about an inch or two tall, but potentially getting up to four inches. The flowers are small and dull yellow...	Bur buttercup, Curveseed butterwort	Eurasia
Ranunculus thora	Tora buttercup	Europe
Ranunculus trichophyllus	Threadleaf Crowfoot	North America

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Species & Synonyms	Common Names	Native Range	Illustration
Ranunculus uncinatus Ranunculus uncinatus Ranunculus uncinatus is a species of buttercup known by the common names woodland buttercup and little buttercup. It is native to western North America from Alaska to California to New Mexico, where it grows in wet, wooded habitat such as forest streambanks. It is a perennial herb producing a...	Woodland buttercup, Little buttercup	Western North America

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Species & Synonyms	Common Names	Native Range
*Ranunculus velutinus* Ten. 1825
*Ranunculus venetus* Huter ex Landolt
Ranunculus verticillatus	Lobe-leaf buttercup	New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

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Species & Synonyms	Common Names	Native Range	Illustration
*Ranunculus wangianus* Q.E.Yang 2000
*Ranunculus weberbaueri* (Ulbr.) Lourteig
*Ranunculus weddellii* Lourteig
*Ranunculus wettsteinii* Dörfl.
*Ranunculus weyleri* Marès

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Species & Synonyms	Common Names	Native Range	Illustration
*Ranunculus xinningensis* W.T.Wang

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Species & Synonyms	Common Names	Native Range	Illustration
*Ranunculus yanshanensis* W.T.Wang
*Ranunculus yaoanus* W.T.Wang
*Ranunculus yechengensis* W.T.Wang
*Ranunculus yinshanicus* (Y.Z.Zhao) Y.Z.Zhao
*Ranunculus yunnanensis* Franch.

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Species & Synonyms	Common Names	Native Range	Illustration
*Ranunculus zhungdianensis* W.T. Wang 1987

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