Ranunculoideae
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Vernacular names of plants within the Subfamily Ranunculoideae

buttercup
lesser celandine
pilewort
waterplantain spearwort
yellow ranunculus

Hierarchical position of the Subfamily Ranunculoideae

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Ranunculopsida Brongn.
pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xxvi, 96. 12 Aug 1843.
  
   Subclassis  Ranunculidae Takht. ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 235. 1992.
  
   SuperOrdo  Ranunculanae Takht. ex Reveal
pub. Novon 2: 236. 1992.
  
   Ordo  Ranunculales Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 44. 1829.
  
   Subordo  Ranunculineae Bessey in C.K. Adams
pub. Johnson's Universal Cyclop. 8: 460. 1 Nov 1895.
  
   Familia  Ranunculaceae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 231. 4 Aug 1789, nom. cons.
common name: Buttercups
  
   Subfamilia  Ranunculoideae Arn.
pub. Encycl. Brit., ed. 7, 5: 94. 9 Mar 1832.
  

Named members of the Subfamily Ranunculoideae

1
   Tribus  Ranunculeae DC.
pub. Syst. Nat. 1: 130, 228. 1-15 Nov 1817.
  
 
2
   Genus  Ranunculus L.
pub. (1753)
common name: yellow ranunculus, buttercup
  

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

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