Ranunculus L.
(buttercups and crowfoots)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Ranunculus acris Meadow Buttercup					Species		27 images
Ranunculus aquatilis s.l. a species aggregate of flowering plants					Species aggregate		1 images
Ranunculus arvensis Corn Buttercup					Species		6 images
Ranunculus auricomus Goldilocks Buttercup					Species		35 images
Ranunculus bulbosus Bulbous Buttercup					Species		7 images
Ranunculus flammula Lesser Spearwort					Species	1 subtaxa	30 images
Ranunculus hederaceus Ivy-leaved Crowfoot					Species		29 images
Ranunculus lingua Greater Spearwort					Species		1 images
Ranunculus omiophyllus Round-leaved Crowfoot					Species		26 images
Ranunculus ophioglossifolius Adder’s-tongue Spearwort					Species			1 ident. refs
Ranunculus parviflorus Small-flowered Buttercup					Species		9 images
Ranunculus repens Creeping Buttercup					Species		27 images
Ranunculus sardous Hairy Buttercup					Species		29 images
Ranunculus sceleratus Celery-leaved Buttercup					Species		18 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Ranunculus (buttercups and crowfoots)
Family	RANUNCULACEAE (buttercups, crowfoots)
Order	RANUNCULALES (buttercups, poppies and barberries)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Ranunculus is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Ranunculaceae)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Anon.		Ranunculus	Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012
()	Lansdown R.V. & Pankhurst T.J.		Field Guide to the Identification of Difficult Aquatic Plants of the New Forest

Ranunculus (buttercups and crowfoots) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ranunculus (buttercups and crowfoots)

BioInfo

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 179 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ranunculus (buttercups and crowfoots)

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