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2546.000 Ranunculus
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 Mozambique: 3 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| meyeri Harv. | MS | |
| multifidus Forssk. | N,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| raeae Exell | N |
Other sources of information about Ranunculus:
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Flora of Botswana: RanunculusFlora of Malawi: Ranunculus
Flora of Zambia: Ranunculus
Flora of Zimbabwe: Ranunculus
External websites:
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): RanunculusFlora Zambesiaca web site: Ranunculus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Ranunculus
Wikipedia: Ranunculus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ranunculus
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Ranunculus
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