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Ranunculus L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 548 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000032540.

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Synonyms of Ranunculus

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Aphanostemma A.St.-Hil. Fl. Bras. Merid. 1: 12 (1824) wfo-4000002630
Batrachium (DC.) Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 720 (1821) wfo-4000004226
Beckwithia Jeps. Erythea 6: 97 (1898) wfo-4000004296
Casalea A.St.-Hil. Fl. Bras. Merid. 1: 8 (1824) wfo-4000006874
Ceratocephala Moench Methodus (Moench) 218 (1794) wfo-4000007344
Ceratocephalus Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 341. 1805. — wfo-4000007346
Coptidium (Prantl) Á.Löve & D.Löve ex Tzvelev Byull. Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol. , n.s., 99(5): 64 (1994) wfo-4000009232
Cynomorbium Opiz Fl. C{aslav. Cent. 3: 255, 261. 1804. wfo-4000010423
Cyprianthe Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 7: 220. 1839. wfo-4000010478
Ficaria Guett. Hist. Acad. Roy. Sci. (Paris) 1750: 355 (1754) wfo-4000014719
Flammula (Webb ex Spach) Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 324 (1868) wfo-4000014839
Gampsoceras Steven Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 25(1): 541, in textu. 1852 wfo-4000015290
Hecatonia Lour. Fl. Cochinch. : 302 (1790) wfo-4000017087
Hericinia Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, ser. 2 16: 325. 1868. wfo-4000017534
Ionosmanthus Jord. & Fourr. Icon. Fl. Eur. 2: 13 (1869) wfo-4000019139
Krapfia DC. Syst. Nat. 1: 228 (1817) wfo-4000020210
Kumlienia Greene Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 337 (1885) wfo-4000020274
Laccopetalum Ulbr. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 404 (1906) wfo-4000020346
Leuconoe Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 323 (1868) wfo-4000021567
Myosurus L. Sp. Pl. : 284 (1753) wfo-4000025098
Notophilus Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 325 (1868) wfo-4000026335
Pfundia Opiz Seznam 73 (1852). wfo-4000029019
Ranula Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon sér. 2, 16: 324. 1868 wfo-4000032538
Rhopalopodium Ulbr. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 253 (1922) wfo-4000033086
Stylurus Raf. Fl. Ludov. 27. 1817 wfo-4000037019
Thora Hill Brit. Herb. 29. 1756. wfo-4000038242
Xerodera Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 324 (1868) wfo-4000040946
Xiphocoma Steven Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 25(1): 537. 1852. wfo-4000040992

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Ranunculus:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus abbatis-vendelini Horvdt & Boros Bot. Közlem. 40: 15. 1943 wfo-0000461430
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus abchasicus Freyn Oesterr. Bot. Z. 43:373 (1893) — wfo-1000080669
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus aberrans Phil. ex Britton Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 17(3): 82. 1890 wfo-0000461433
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus abortivus f. giganteus F.C.Gates Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 33: 28. 1930 wfo-0001324442
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus abortivus var. typicus Fernald Rhodora 40: 417. 1938 wfo-0001396390
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus abrotanifolius Auct. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 676; ed. 2, 2: 431. 1821 wfo-0000461399
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus absconditus A.A.Bobrov & Chemeris Sci. Rep. 12(12088): 11 2022 wfo-1000058475
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus abyssinicus Schube ex Engl. Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1891(2): 219. 1892 wfo-0000461408
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus acer subsp. despectus M.Laínz Bol. Soc. Brot. sér. 2, 53: 36. 1979 wfo-0001368666
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus acer subsp. nathorstii Berlin Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 41(7): 20. 1884 wfo-0001367818
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus aciculidentatus Charit. Florogen. Komm. Zelenoi Knige Sibiri (Vysokogor'ya, Bolota, Tundry) 98 (-99). 2010 wfo-1000049272
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus aconitoides Rouy Ill. Pl. Eur. : 25 (1895) wfo-0000461394
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus acriformis var. typicus L.D.Benson Amer. Midl. Naturalist 40: 41. 1948 wfo-0001396391
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus acris subsp. acris – – — wfo-0001316382
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus acris subsp. friesianus (Jord.) Syme – — wfo-1200112262
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus acris subsp. pseudograndis Vorosch. Byull. Glavn. Bot. Sada 83: 35. 1972 wfo-0000461501
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus acris var. filiformis P.D.Sell Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 0.507638889. 2018 wfo-1200002681
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus acris var. monticola (Kitag.) Tamura Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 16: 111 1956 — wfo-0000745088
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus acris var. pyrenaeus S.M.Coles Watsonia 8(3): 241. 1971 wfo-0001401154
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus acutidentatus Charit. Florogen. Komm. Zelenoi Knige Sibiri (Vysokogor'ya, Bolota, Tundry) 95 2010 wfo-1200040908
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus acutissimus A.C.Leslie Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 0.507638889. 2018 wfo-1000007357
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus adoneus var. typicus L.D.Benson Amer. Midl. Naturalist 40: 130. 1948 wfo-0001396392
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus aequilaterus A.C.Leslie Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 0.510416667. 2018 wfo-1000007358
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus affinis var. apetalus D.Don Gen. Hist. 1: 35. 1831 [early Aug 1831] wfo-0001399933
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus affinis var. leiocarpus Maxim. Fl. Tangut. 14 1889 — wfo-0001130365
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus affinis var. ternatus Franch. Pl. Delavay. 19 1889 — wfo-0001233681
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus affinis var. validus A.Gray Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 21: 371. 1886 wfo-0001396393
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus africanus Sepp Bloemk. Woordenb. 393 (1821) wfo-1200112620
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus africanus hort. Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 17, in syn. 1894 wfo-0000461450
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus africanus hort. ex Reider Schnell Unterr. Bot. Blumist 538 (1835) wfo-1200109499
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus africanus hort. ex Schmidlin Allg. Deutsch. Gartenbuch 538 (1834) wfo-1200111962
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus alajensis Ostenf. – — wfo-0001129938
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus alatus Poir. Auct. Fl. Pedem. 27. 1789; Poir. Encyc. 6: 127. wfo-0000461480
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus alejandrei Dunkel Stapfia 112: 27. 2021 wfo-1000028696
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus aleuticus Mert. Linnaea 5(1): 65. 1830 [Jan 1830] , nomen. wfo-0000461487
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus algidus Brügger Jahresber. Naturf. Ges. Graubündens 2(23-24): 78. 1880 wfo-0000461473
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus alismifolius var. typicus L.D.Benson Amer. Midl. Naturalist 40: 174. 1948 wfo-0001396394
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus alliariifolius (Rchb.) A.Nyár. in Savul. Fl. Reipubl. Popul. Roman. ii. 586 (1953). wfo-0000461472
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus allobrogorum Dunkel Forum Geobot. 10: 2. 2021 wfo-1000028697
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus alpestris subsp. alpestris – – — wfo-1200107881
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus alpicola Timb.-Lagr. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 15(Sess. Extraord.): xc. 1869 [1868 publ. 1869] wfo-0000461476
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus alsophilus (Markl.) Ericsson Ann. Bot. Fenn. 29(2): 130. 1992 wfo-0000461207
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus altaicus subsp. shinano-alpinus (Ohwi) Kadota Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, B. 16(2): 80 (1990):. wfo-0001369070
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus altaicus subsp. sulphureus (J.B.Phipps) Elenevsky & Derv.-Sok. Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 30: 49 (1996):. wfo-0001369253
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus altaicus subsp. taimyrensis (Kuvaev) Luferov Byull. Glavn. Bot. Sada 192: 96. 2006 [after 14 Sep 2006] wfo-0001368305
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus alticaulis (Markl.) Ericsson Ann. Bot. Fenn. 29(2): 130. 1992 wfo-0000461217
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus altus (Julin) Ericsson Ann. Bot. Fenn. 29(2): 130. 1992 wfo-0000461214
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus amalasuinthae Halamski Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Lyon 180 (2024) wfo-1000075135
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus ambiguus (Schur) A.Nyár. in Savul. Fl. Reipubl. Popul. Roman. ii. 589 (1953). wfo-0000461191
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus ammanni Gunnerus Fl. Norveg. ii. 103. 1772 [23 Apr 1772] wfo-0000461232
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus ammoides Pall. ex DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 1: 42. 1824 [mid Jan 1824] wfo-0000461233
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus ampelophyllus var. adjaricus Kem.-Nath. Zametki Sist. Geogr. Rast. 23: 30 (-31). 1963 wfo-0001400310
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus anandrophyllus (Julin) Ericsson Ann. Bot. Fenn. 29(2): 131. 1992 wfo-0000461218
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus ancorifolius (Julin) Ericsson Ann. Bot. Fenn. 29(2): 131. 1992 wfo-0000461221
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus angularis A.C.Leslie Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 0.509722222. 2018 wfo-1000007359
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus angustiscutatus A.C.Leslie Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 0.509722222. 2018 wfo-1000007360
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus aquatilis subsp. fucoides (Freyn) O.Bolòs, Vigo, Masalles & Ninot Fl. Man. Països Catalans 1215 (1990):. wfo-0001369092
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus aquatilis var. arcticus Durand Pl. Kaneanae Groenl. 185. 1856 [May 1856] ; J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, n.s. 3(3): 185. Nov 1856. wfo-0001396395
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus aquatilis var. cespitosus (Thuill.) DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 1: 26 (1824) wfo-0001396396
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus aquatilis var. codyanus (B.Boivin) B.Boivin Phytologia 16: 252. 1968 wfo-0001396397
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus aquatilis var. confervoides (Fr.) G.Lawson Proc. & Trans. Roy. Soc. Canada 2(4): 45 (1884) wfo-0001377111
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus aquatilis var. drouetii (F.W.Schultz ex Godr.) G.Lawson Proc. & Trans. Roy. Soc. Canada 2 (4): 45. 1884 wfo-0001396398
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus aquatilis var. eradicata Laest. () wfo-0001392193
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus aquatilis var. eradicatus Laest. Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal. , ser. 2, 11: 242 (1839) wfo-0000464748
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus aquatilis var. hispidulus Drew Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 16: 150 (1889) wfo-0001129607
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus aquatilis var. lobbii (Hiern) S.Watson () wfo-0001392716
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus aquatilis var. peduncularis (Greene) Jeps. Fl. Calif. [Jepson] 1: 544. 1921 wfo-0001396399
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus aquatilis var. subrigidus (W.B.Drew) Breitung Amer. Midl. Naturalist 58: 32 (1957) wfo-0001129629
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus aragazii Grossh. Dokl. Akad. Nauk Armenii 8(2): 83. 1948 wfo-0001129252
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus aragonensis Dunkel Stapfia 112: 10. 2021 wfo-1000028698
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus arcogoticus Dunkel Stapfia 111: 66. 2019 wfo-1000034243
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus arcuatus Charit. Dopoln. Fl. i Rastitel'n. Yuga Zapadnoi Sibiri 165 2020 wfo-1200041276
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus arendsii H.R.Wehrh. Gartenstaud. 1: 483. 1931 wfo-1000035633
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus argillicola A.C.Leslie Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 0.509027778. 2018 wfo-1000007361
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus arizonicus var. typicus L.D.Benson Amer. Midl. Naturalist 40: 147. 1948 wfo-0001396400
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus armingfordensis A.C.Leslie Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 0.509027778. 2018 wfo-1000007362
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus arvensis var. inermis Fayaz & Dar Pleione 11(2): 471. 2017 [31 Dec 2017] wfo-1200010732
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus arvensis var. inermis W.D.J.Koch Deutschl. Fl. (Mertens & W. D. J. Koch), ed. 3. 4: 188. 1833 wfo-1200023991
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus ascendens (R.Engel) Ericsson Ann. Bot. Fenn. 29(2): 133. 1992 wfo-0000461174
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus ascendens Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 432. wfo-0000461173
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus asiaticus Lepech. Reisen iii. 40. wfo-0000461322
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus atlanticus Pomel Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 248. 1874 wfo-0000461328
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus attenuilobus A.C.Leslie Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 0.511111111. 2018 wfo-1000007363
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus auricomoides A.Nyár. & Alexandr. in Savul. Fl. Reipubl. Popul. Roman. ii. 589 (1953), sine descr. lat. wfo-0000461309
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus auricomus subsp. abortificus Julin Opera Bot. 57: 10. 1980 wfo-0000461318
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus auricomus subsp. acuistylus Julin Opera Bot. 57: 12. 1980 wfo-0000461341
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus auricomus subsp. acutipartitus Julin Opera Bot. 57: 14. 1980 wfo-0000461333
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus auricomus subsp. acutiserratus Julin Opera Bot. 57: 14. 1980 wfo-0000461351
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus auricomus subsp. almquistii Julin Bot. Not. 131(3): 317. 1978 wfo-0000461354
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus auricomus subsp. alpestris (Laest.) Fagerstr. & G.Kvist Ann. Bot. Fenn. 17(3): 303. 1980 [4 Dec 1980] wfo-0001368667
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus auricomus subsp. altus Julin Opera Bot. 57: 18. 1980 wfo-0000461355
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus auricomus subsp. antygodon Markl. ex Fagerstr. Acta Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 82(4): 4. 1976 wfo-0000461350
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus auricomus subsp. ariodon Julin Op. Bot. 57: 21. 1980 wfo-0000461361
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus auricomus subsp. asterodes Markl. ex Fagerstr. Acta Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 82(4): 9. 1976 wfo-0000461363
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus auricomus subsp. attenuans Julin Opera Bot. 57: 23. 1980 wfo-0000461357
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus auricomus subsp. baeckii Fagerstr. & G.Kvist Ann. Bot. Fenn. 19(1): 53. 1982 wfo-0001368823
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus auricomus subsp. bathyodon Markl. ex Fagerstr. Acta Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 82(2): 6. 1975 wfo-0000461335
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus auricomus subsp. bellus Markl. ex Fagerstr. Acta Soc. Fauna Fl. Fenn. 82(1): 14. 1974 wfo-0000461337
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus auricomus subsp. bidens Julin Opera Bot. 57: 26. 1980 wfo-0000461339
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ranunculus auricomus subsp. binatus (Kit. ex Rchb.) Jasiewicz Fl. Polski Rośl. Naczyniowe, ed. 2 4: 72 (1985), without basionym ref. wfo-0001369122