Contains 14 genera and 52 accepted taxa overall.
Characteristics
RANUNCULACEAE
Dicot
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Classification
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RANUNCULALES
RANUNCULACEAE
Genera
| Genus | Common Name | Taxa Count | Herbarium Specimens | Photos |
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| Aconitum | 1 | |||
| Actaea | BANEBERRY | 3 | ||
| Anemone | THIMBLEWEED | 5 | ||
| Aquilegia | COLUMBINE | 1 | ||
| Clematis | LEATHER-FLOWER | 6 | ||
| Delphinium | LARKSPUR; KNIGHT'S SPUR | 3 | ||
| Enemion | FALSE RUE ANEMONE | 1 | ||
| Ficaria | 2 | |||
| Hepatica | 2 | |||
| Myosurus | 1 | |||
| Ranunculus | BUTTERCUP | 18 | ||
| Thalictrum | MEADOWRUE | 6 | ||
| Trautvetteria | 2 | |||
| Xanthorhiza | YELLOWROOT | 1 |
Identification Key
1. Herbs or vines; leaves opposite
1. Herbs or shrubs; leaves alternate, sometimes pseudowhorled or basal
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2. Acaulescent; leaves all basal; inflorescence basal with foliaceous bracts dissimilar to the leaves
2. Caulescent; some leaves cauline; inflorescence cauline
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3. Shrub (but sometimes unbranched aboveground); all leaves crowded in a pseudowhorl at the stem apex
3. Herb; at least some leaves distant, not all leaves crowded at stem apex
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4. Leaves regularly divided into linear lobes 1-2 mm wide; flowers zygomorphic
4. Leaves simple or compound, if lobed the lobes >2 mm wide and not linear; flowers actinomorphic
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5. Leaves compound and the leaflets with numerous acute-tipped teeth; fruit a berry
5. Leaves simple or compound, if compound the leaflets entire or with few rounded teeth; fruit not a berry
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6. Leaves simple (sometimes deeply divided), trifoliolate, or palmately once-compound; sepals green; petals yellow to white, unspurred
6. Leaves compound, at least some 2- to 3-compound; sepals green, yellow, pink, red, to white; petals absent or yellow with a red spur
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7. Leaflets entire or coarsely and shallowly lobed, the sinuses ⅓ or less the length of the leaflet; fruit an achene
7. Leaflets usually lobed, many with sinuses ½ or more the length of the leaflet; fruit a follicle
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8. Leaflets eglandular; flowers pendent; sepals 5, red or greenish; petals 5, yellow to yellow-green with a red spur
8. Leaflets glandular-apiculate; flowers spreading to erect; sepals 5, white; petals absent