Ranunculus fluitans

Ranunculus fluitans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Ranunculus
Species:
R. fluitans
Binomial name
Ranunculus fluitans
Synonyms
  • Batrachium bachii Wirtg. ex F.Schultz
  • Batrachium fluitans Wimm.
  • Batrachium peucedanifolium Dumort.
  • Batrachium pumilum Nyman[2]

Ranunculus fluitans (the river water-crowfoot,[3]) is a species of buttercup. It is a perennial water plant, which when in favourable conditions (such as fast flowing water,[4]) can grow up to 6 m (20 ft) height.[5]

  1. ^ Lansdown, R.V. (2011). "Ranunculus fluitans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T167918A6415235. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T167918A6415235.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Ranunculus fluitans Lam. is an accepted name". 23 March 2012. theplantlist.org. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  3. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  4. ^ Reader's Digest Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of Britain. Reader's Digest. 1981. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-276-00217-5.
  5. ^ J. S. Rodwell; British Plant Communities: Woodlands and Scrub Cambridge University Press, 1990 ISBN 978-0-521-62718-4