Ranunculaceae

Ranunculaceae
Temporal range: 124–0 Ma Early CretaceousRecent[1]
Ranunculus auricomus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Juss.
Type genus
Ranunculus
Subfamilies

Ranunculaceae (/rənʌŋkjˈlsiˌ, -sˌ/, buttercup or crowfoot family; Latin rānunculus "little frog", from rāna "frog") is a family of over 2,000 known species of flowering plants in 43 genera,[2] distributed worldwide.

The largest genera are Ranunculus (600 species), Delphinium (365), Thalictrum (330), Clematis (380), and Aconitum (300).