Order

Ranunculales (Buttercups, poppies, and allies)

Eschscholzia californica. Photo: (c) John Barkla, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Ranunculales is an order of flowering plants. Of necessity it contains the family Ranunculaceae, the buttercup family, because the name of the order is based on the name of a genus in that family. Ranunculales belongs to a paraphyletic group known as the basal eudicots. It is the most basal clade in this group; in other words, it is sister to the remaining eudicots. Widely known members include poppies, barberries, and buttercups.

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) (23)
        Family: Papaveraceae (Poppy family) (6)
        Family: Berberidaceae (Barberry family) (7)

Subtaxa

Family: Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)

Family: Papaveraceae (Poppy family)

Family: Berberidaceae (Barberry family)

Where in Humboldt

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