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Ranunculaceae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 18410

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Aconitaceae
 
    Actaeaceae
 
    Anemonaceae
 
    Aquilegiaceae
 
    Calthaceae
 
    Cimicifugaceae
 
    Clematidaceae
 
    Delphiniaceae
 
    Glaucidiaceae
 
    Helleboraceae
 
    Hydrastidaceae
 
    Nigellaceae
 
    Thalictraceae
 
  Common Name(s): buttercups [English]
  
    boutons d'or [French]
  
    crowfoot [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2014   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderRanunculanae   
                         OrderRanunculales   
                            FamilyRanunculaceae  – buttercups, boutons d'or, crowfoot  
    Direct Children:  
                               GenusAconitum L. – monkshood, aconite, wolfsbane 
                               GenusActaea L. – baneberry 
                               GenusAdonis L. – adonis, pheasant's eye 
                               GenusAnemone L. – anemone 
                               GenusAquilegia L. – columbine 
                               GenusCaltha L. – marsh marigold 
                               GenusCeratocephala Moench – butterwort, curveseed butterwort 
                               GenusClematis L. – clematis, leather flower 
                               GenusConsolida Gray – knight's-spur 
                               GenusCoptis Salisb. – goldthread 
                               GenusDelphinium L. – larkspur 
                               GenusEnemion Raf. – false rue anemone 
                               GenusEranthis Salisb.  
                               GenusHelleborus L. – hellebore 
                               GenusHydrastis L.  
                               GenusMyosurus L. – mousetail 
                               GenusNigella L.  
                               GenusRanunculus L. – renoncules, buttercup 
                               GenusThalictrum L. – meadowrue, meadow-rue 
                               GenusTrautvetteria Fisch. & C.A. Mey. – bugbane 
                               GenusTrollius L. – globeflower 
                               GenusXanthorhiza Marshall – yellowroot 
       

 References
       
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  Other Source(s):    
  Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: boutons d'or[French]   
       
  Source: Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, 2014, website (version 2014)  
  Acquired: 2014   
  Notes: Angiosperm Phylogeny Website, botanical information system at the Missouri Botanical Garden, available at http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/   
  Reference for: Ranunculaceae   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Ranunculaceae   
       
  Source: Ranunculaceae of North America Update, database (version 2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010)   
  Reference for: Ranunculaceae   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Ranunculaceae   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Ranunculaceae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Whittemore, Alan T., and Bruce D. Parfitt / Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds.   
  Publication Date: 1997   
  Article/Chapter Title: Ranunculaceae Jussieu: Crowfoot Family   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Flora of North America North of Mexico, vol. 3: Magnoliophyta: Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae   
  Page(s): 85-271   
  Publisher: Oxford University Press   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-19-511246-6   
  Notes: The volumes are also reproduced online at http://www.fna.org/ and http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=10757   
  Reference for: crowfoot[English]   
       

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