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Genus:
Ranunculus
Life
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Chloroplastida
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plants) > Eudicotyledons > Order: Ranunculales > Family: Ranunculaceae
About 250 species (cosmopolitan), with seven species native to southern Africa,
and two naturalised. An additional five species are cultivated in the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe and
Flora of
Mozambique.
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Ranunculus baurii
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Ranunculus capensis |
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Ranunculus meyeri |
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Ranunculus muricatus |
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Ranunculus raeae
Recorded from Mozambique. |
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Ranunculus rionii |
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Ranunculus sceleratus
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe and
Flora of
Mozambique.
Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from
Glen (2002).
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Ranunculus abortivus
Native to Canada and USA.
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Ranunculus asiaticus
Native to eastern Mediterranean.
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Ranunculus cortusifolius
Native to Macaronesia.
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Ranunculus cymbalaria
Native to the northern Temperate.
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Ranunculus repens (Creeping buttercup)
Native to Europe and Asia.
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