Family

Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)

Delphinium nudicaule. Photo: (c) dloarie, some rights reserved (CC BY)

Ranunculaceae (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, distributed worldwide.

— Wikipedia

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
  - Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
    - Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
      - Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
        Order: Ranunculales (Buttercups, poppies, and allies)
        Family: Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)
        Subfamily: Coptidoideae (Goldthreads and yellowroots) (1)
        Subfamily: Thalictroideae (Columbines and meadow-rues) (1)
        Subfamily: Ranunculoideae (Anemones, buttercups, larkspurs and allies) (21)

Subtaxa

Subfamily: Coptidoideae (Goldthreads and yellowroots)

Subfamily: Thalictroideae (Columbines and meadow-rues)

Subfamily: Ranunculoideae (Anemones, buttercups, larkspurs and allies)

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