Ranunculaceae Juss.

First published in Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 231. 1789 [4 Aug 1789] (1789)nom. cons.
This family is accepted

Accepted Genera

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • APG IV (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/boj.12385

Neotropikey

  • APG II. (2003).  An Update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group Classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 141: 399-436.
  • Cronquist, A. (1981).  The families and genera of flowering plants. Columbia University Press, New York.
  • Lourteig, A. (1956).  Ranunculaceas de Sudamérica tropical. Memoria de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle 16: 199-224.
  • Meyer, K.M., Hot, S.B., & Arroyo, M.T.K. (2010).  Phylogenetic Affinities of South American Anemone (Ranunculaceae) including the endemic segregate genera Barnoudia and Oreithales. Int. J. Plant Sci. 171 (3): 323-331.
  • Peng Y., Chen S.B., Chen, S.L. & Xiao, P.G. (2006).  Preliminary pharmaphylogenetic study on Ranunculaceae, China.  J. Chin. Materia Medica 31: 1124-1128.
  • Ro, K., Keener, C.S. & McPheron, B.A. (1997).  Molecular phylogenetic studies of the Ranunculaceae: Utility of the nuclear 26S ribosomal DNA in inferring intrafamiliar relationships. Molec. Phylog. Evol. 8: 117-127.
  • Tamura, M. (1993).  Ranunculaceae. In: K. Kubitzki, J.G. Rohwer & V. Bittrich (eds.). The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants vol. 2, pp. 563-583. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
  • Tamura, M. (1995).  Angiospermae. Ordnung Ranunculales. Fam. Ranunculaceae. II. Systematic Part. In: Hiepko, P. (ed.), Die natürliche Pflanzenfamilien, ed. 2, 17aIV, pp. 223-519. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin.
  • Wang, W., Lu, A.-M., Ren, Y., Endress, M.E. & Chen, Z.-D. (2009). Phylogeny and classification of Ranunculales: Evidence from four molecular loci and morphological data. Perspect. Pl. Ecol. Evol.Syst. 11: 81-110.
  • Ziman, S.N. & Keener, C.S. (1989).  A geographical analysis of the family Ranunculaceae. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 76: 1012-1049.
  • ourteig, A. (1951).  Ranunculaceas de Sudamérica templada. Darwiniana 9: 562-604.

The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Christenhusz, M. J. M., Fay, M. F. & Chase, M. W. (2017). Plants of the World, an Illustrated Encylopedia of Vascular Plants. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; University of Chicago Press.
  • Culham, A. (2007d). Ranunculaceae. In: V. H. Heywood, R. K. Brummitt, A. Culham & O. V. Seberg (eds), Flowering Plant Families of the World. pp. 273–276. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Fu, D. Z. & Zhu, G. (2001). Ranunculaceae. In: Z. Y. Wu & P. H. Raven (eds), Flora of China 6: 133–438. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Plants of the World Online (POWO) (2019 onwards). http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Tamura, M. (1993). Ranunculaceae. In: K. Kubitzki, J. G. Rohwer & V. Bittrich (eds), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, II: 563–583. Springer Verlag, Berlin & Heidelberg.
  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (2021). version 2.0. http://wcvp.science.kew.org/ Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Bognes, J. [899] Peru K:SPC-37196.000 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook

    • The Kew Temperate Plant Families Identification Handbook
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0