Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Archichlamydeae: Ranunculales

Ranunculaceae - Buttercup family

Exell, A.W. & Milne-Redhead, E. (1960) Ranunculaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1)

Description of the family

Annual or perennial herbs with radical and alternate or spiral leaves (Knowltonia, Ranunculus and Thalictrum), or shrublets or woody climbers with opposite or whorled leaves (Clematis (including Clematopsis)). Stipules present or 0. Leaves simple or compound. Inflorescences usually terminal and 1-many-flowered. Flowers hypogynous, usually bisexual and actinomorphic; sometimes polygamous or dioecious. Sepals free, often petaloid. Petals free, sometimes 0. Stamens numerous. Carpels 1-many, usually free. Fruit usually composed of 1 or more follicles or a cluster of achenes.

Worldwide: 62 genera and 2,450 species, temperate and boreal.

Zimbabwe: 4 genera and 14 taxa.

Links to genera: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this family

Genus	Content
Anemone L.	Description, Image
Clematis L.	Description, Image
Ranunculus L.	Description, Image
Thalictrum L.	Description, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Ranunculaceae
Flora of Burundi: Ranunculaceae
Flora of Caprivi: Ranunculaceae
Flora of the DRC: Ranunculaceae
Flora of Malawi: Ranunculaceae
Flora of Mozambique: Ranunculaceae
Flora of Rwanda: Ranunculaceae
Flora of Zambia: Ranunculaceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Ranunculaceae

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Ranunculaceae
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Ranunculaceae
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Ranunculaceae
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Ranunculaceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Ranunculaceae
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ranunculaceae
JSTOR Plant Science: Ranunculaceae
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Ranunculaceae
Wikipedia: Ranunculaceae
Plants of the World Online: Ranunculaceae
Tropicos: Ranunculaceae