New York Metropolitan Flora

Genus: Ranunculus

By Steven D. Glenn

Not peer reviewed

Last Modified 03/11/2013

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Nomenclature

Ranunculus Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 548. 1753.

List of Ranunculus Species

Ranunculus ficaria Ranunculus abortivus Ranunculus acris Ranunculus sceleratus Ranunculus recurvatus Ranunculus bulbosus Ranunculus repens Ranunculus pusillus Ranunculus allegheniensis Ranunculus ambigens Ranunculus aquatilis var. diffusus Ranunculus cymbalaria Ranunculus fascicularis Ranunculus flabellaris Ranunculus micranthus Ranunculus pensylvanicus Ranunculus hispidus Ranunculus arvensis Ranunculus flammula

References to Ranunculus

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  • Benson, L. 1948. A treatise on the North American Ranunculi. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 40: 1-261.
  • Benson, L. D. 1948. The North American subdivisions of Ranunculus. Amer. J. Bot. 27: 799-807.
  • Benson, L. D. 1954. Supplement to a treatise on the North American Ranunculi. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 52: 328-369.
  • Benson, L. D. 1948. A treatise on the North American Ranunculi. Ame. Midl. Nat. 40: 1-261.
  • Bostrack, J. M.; Millington, W. F. 1962. On the determination of leaf form in an aquatic heterophyllus species of Ranunculus. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 89: 1-20.
  • Campbell, J. E.; Gibson, D. J. 2001. The effect of seeds of exotic species transported via horse dung on vegetation along trail corridors. Plant Ecology 157: 23-35.
  • Cipollini, K. A.; Schradin, K. D. 2011. Guilty in the court of public opinion: testing presumtive impacts and allelopathic potential of Ranunculus ficaria. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 166: 63-74.
  • Cook, C. D. K. 1966. A monographic study of Ranunculus subgenus Batrachium (DC) A. Gray. Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. Munchen 6: 47-237.
  • Cook, C. D. K. 1963. Studies of the Ranunculus subgenus Batrachium II. General morphological considerations in the taxonomy of the subgenus. Watsonia 5: 294-303.
  • Cook, C. D. K. 1969. On the determination of leaf form in Ranunculus aquatilis. New Phyt. 68: 469-480.
  • Coonen, L. P. 1939. The chromosomes of Ranunculus. Amer. J. Bot. 26: 49-58.
  • Demars, B. G. 1996. Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal status of spring ephemerals in two Ohio forests. Ohio J. Science 96: 97-99.
  • Drew, WB 1936. North American representatives of Ranunculus sect. Bactrachium. Rhodora 38: 1-47.
  • Duncan, T. 1980. A taxonomic study of the Ranunculus hispidus Michaux complex in the Western Hemisphere. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 77: 1-125.
  • Emadzade, K. et.al. 2010. A molecular phylogeny, morphology and classification of genera of Ranunculeae (Ranunculaceae). Taxon 59: 809-828.
  • Jensen, U. 1968. Serologische Beitrage zur Systematik der Ranunculaceae. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 88: 204-310. (In German, English summary)
  • Johansson, J. T. 1998. Chloroplast DNA restriction site mapping and the phylogeny of Ranunculus (Ranunculaceae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 213: 1-19.
  • Jurgens, A.; Dotterl, S. 2004. Chemical composition of anther volatiles in Ranunculaceae: genera-specific profiles in Anemone, Aquilegia, Caltha, Pulsatilla, Ranunculus, and Trollius species. Amer. J. Bot. 91: 1969-1980.
  • Kapoor, B. M. et.al. 1987. Annotated list of the chromosome numbers of the vascular flora of northeastern America V. Naturaliste Canad. 114: 105-116.
  • Keener, C. S. 1976. Studies of the Ranunculaceae of the southeastern United States V. Ranunculus L. Sida 6: 266-283.
  • Lovett-Doust, J.; Lovett-Doust, L.; Groth, A. T. 1990. The biology of Canadian weeds. 95. Ranunculus repens. Canad. J. Pl. Sci. 70: 1123-1141.
  • Moyle, J. B. 1945. Some chemical factors influencing the distribution of aquatic plants in Minnesota. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 34: 402-420.
  • Myers, J. A. et.al. 2004. Seed dispersal by white-tailed deer: implications for long-distance dispersal, invasion, and migration of plants in eastern North America. Oecologia 139: 35-44.
  • Post, A. R. et.al. 2009. Introduced lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria, Ranunculaceae) and its putative subspecies in the United States: a morphometric analysis. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 3: 193-209.
  • Prantl, K. 1888. Beitroge zur Morphologie und Systematik der Ranunculaceen. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 9: 225-73. (In German)
  • Sell, P. D.; Benson, L. 1994. Ranunculus ficaria L. sensu lato. Watsonia 20: 41-50.
  • Stoll, R. J. et.al. 1980. Foods of ruffed grouse Bonasa umbellus in Ohio USA. Ohio Fish Wildlife Rep. 1980: 1-18.
  • Taylor, K.; Markham, B. 1978. Ranunculus ficaria. J. Ecol. 66: 1011-1031.