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Taxonomy

Notes:

A tentatively accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.

Physical Description

Family Ranunculaceae:

Herbs perennial or annual, sometimes subshrubs or herbaceous or woody vines. Leaves basal and cauline, alternate, rarely opposite or whorled, simple or variously compound, palmately nerved, rarely penninerved, with or without stipules. Inflorescence a simple or compound monochasium, dichasium, simple or compound raceme, or flowers solitary. Flowers bisexual, sometimes unisexual, actinomorphic, rarely zygomorphic, hypogynous. Sepals 3--6 or more, free, petaloid or sepaloid, imbricate or sometimes valvate in bud. Petals present or absent, 2--8 or more, free, usually with nectaries. Stamens numerous, rarely few, free; filaments linear or filiform; anthers latrorse, introrse, or extrorse; sometimes some sterile stamens becoming staminodes. Carpels numerous or few, rarely 1, free, rarely connate to various degrees; ovary with 1 to many ovules. Fruit follicles or achenes, rarely capsules or berries. Seeds small, with abundant endosperm and minute embryo.

About 60 genera and 2500 species: worldwide, but richly represented in N temperate regions, particularly in E Asia; 38 genera (four endemic) and 921 species (604 endemic) in China.^[1]

Similar Species

Members of the genus Rabdosia:

There are approximately 193 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them: R. adenantha · R. adenoloma · R. albopilosa · R. alborubra · R. amethystoides · R. angustifolia · R. angustifolia var. glabrescens · R. anisochila · R. arakii · R. assamica · R. bifidocalyx · R. brachythyrsa · R. brevicalcarata · R. brevifolia · R. bulleyana · R. bulleyana var. foliosa · R. calcicola · R. calcicola var. subcalva · R. calycina · R. capillipes · R. chionantha · R. coesta · R. coesta var. hookeri · R. coetsa · R. coetsa var. cavaleriei · R. coetsoides · R. colaniae · R. daitonensis · R. dakglayensis · R. dawoensis · R. dhankutana · R. dichromophylla · R. drogotschiensis · R. effusa · R. effusa f. leucantha · R. enanderana · R. eriocalyx · R. eriocalyx var. laxiflora · R. excisa · R. excisa f. albiflora · R. excisa var. chiisanensis · R. excisoides · R. fangii · R. flabelliformis · R. flavida · R. flexicaulis · R. forrestii · R. forrestii var. intermedia · R. gesneroides · R. gibbosa · R. glaucocalyx · R. glutinosa · R. grandifolia · R. grandifolia var. atuntzensis · R. grosseserrata · R. henryi · R. hirtella · R. hispida · R. inflexa · R. inflexa f. albiflora · R. inflexa f. leucantha · R. inflexa var. macrophylla · R. interrupta · R. irrorata · R. irrorata var. crenata · R. irrorata var. longipes · R. irrorata var. rungshiaensis · R. japonica · R. japonica (Burm.f.) Hara var. glaucocalyx (Maxim.) Hara · R. japonica f. albida · R. japonica f. albiflora · R. japonica var. glaucocalyx · R. javanica · R. kangtingensis · R. koroensis · R. kunmingensis · R. kurzii · R. lasiocarpa · R. latiflora · R. latifolia · R. leucophylla · R. liangshanica · R. lihsienensis · R. longituba (Trumpet Spurflower) · R. longituba f. albiflora · R. longituba var. contracta · R. lophanthoides · R. lophanthoides var. brachyantha · R. lophanthoides var. gerardiana · R. lophanthoides var. graciliflorus · R. lophanthoides var. kerrii · R. lophanthoides var. micrantha · R. loxothyrsa · R. lungshengensis · R. macrantha · R. macrocalyx · R. macrophylla · R. macrophylla f. qingliangfenensis · R. maddenii · R. medilungensis

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Notes

Identifiers:

• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:455349-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1790856

Footnotes:

1. Wencai Wang, Dezhi Fu, Liang-Qian Li, Bruce Bartholomew, Anthony R. Brach, Bryan E. Dutton, Michael G. Gilbert, Yuichi Kadota, Orbélia R. Robinson, Michio Tamura, Michael J. Warnock, Guanghua Zhu & Svetlana N. Ziman "Ranunculaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 6 Page 133. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.