Ranunculaceae, family Ranunculaceae, buttercup family, crowfoot family

a family of Ranunculaceae

• magnoliid dicot family — family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms

• Ranunculus, genus Ranunculus — annual, biennial or perennial herbs: buttercup; crowfoot
• Aconitum, genus Aconitum — genus of poisonous plants of temperate regions of northern hemisphere
• Actaea, genus Actaea — baneberry
• Adonis, genus Adonis — annual or perennial herbs
• genus Anemone — perennial herbs with tuberous roots and beautiful flowers; of north and south temperate regions
• Anemonella, genus Anemonella — 1 species: rue anemone
• genus Aquilegia — columbine
• Caltha, genus Caltha — a genus of Caltha
• Cimicifuga, genus Cimicifuga — small genus of perennial herbs of north temperate regions: bugbane
• genus Clematis — large genus of deciduous or evergreen woody vines or erect herbs
• Coptis, genus Coptis — small genus of low perennial herbs having yellow rhizomes and white or yellow flowers
• Consolida, genus Consolida — plants having flowers resembling the larkspur's but differing from larkspur's in the arrangement of petals; sometimes included in genus Delphinium
• genus Delphinium — large genus of chiefly perennial erect branching herbs of north temperate regions some poisonous
• Eranthis, genus Eranthis — winter aconite
• Helleborus, genus Helleborus — a genus of Helleborus
• genus Hepatica — small genus of perennial herbs of north temperate regions; allied to genus Anemone
• Hydrastis, genus Hydrastis — small genus of perennial herbs having rhizomes and palmate leaves and small solitary flowers; of northeastern United States and Japan
• Isopyrum, genus Isopyrum — tufted perennial herbs of northern hemisphere
• Laccopetalum, genus Laccopetalum — 1 species: giant buttercup
• genus Nigella — erect annual Eurasian herbs
• Pulsatilla, genus Pulsatilla — includes a group of plants that in some classifications are included in the genus Anemone: pasqueflowers
• Thalictrum, genus Thalictrum — widely distributed genus of perennial herbs: meadow rue
• Trautvetteria, genus Trautvetteria — small genus of perennial herbs: false bugbane
• Trollius, genus Trollius — perennial herbs of north temperate regions: globeflowers

• Ranales, order Ranales, Ranunculales, order Ranunculales — herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae