Ranunculus
See also: ranunculus
Translingual
editEtymology
editLatin ranunculus (“little frog”)
Proper noun
editRanunculus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae – ranunculuses, including the buttercup etc.
Usage notes
edit- The genus is apparently not monophyletic, so some of the more than 350 species are likely to be assigned to newly created genera or to other existing genera.
Hypernyms
edit- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots - clades; Ranunculales - order; Ranunculaceae - family; Ranunculoideae - subfamily; Ranunculeae - tribe
Hyponyms
edit- (genus): Ranunculus subg. Batrachium, Ranunculus subg. Crymodes, Ranunculus subg. Ranunculus - subgenera
- Ranunculus acris (meadow buttercup) - type species; for other species see List of Ranunculus species on Wikipedia.Wikipedia (with some additional information) or Ranunculus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies .
Descendants
edit- English: ⇒ ranunculin, → ranunculus
References
edit- Ranunculus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Ranunculus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Ranunculus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Ranunculus at USDA Plants database