Ranunculaceae
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Ranunculaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Family Description - Fls hypogynous, regular (except Aconitum and Delphinium), with all parts free and distinct (pistils connate in Nigella); sep usually imbricate, in some genera small and soon deciduous, in others petal-like; pet present or absent; stamens usually numerous, often some of them modified into nectariferous staminodes, these when larger and more showy called pet; pistils 1–many, simple; stigma lateral or terminal; fr an achene, utricle, follicle, or berry; seeds with copious endosperm and small, dicotyledonous embryo, or sometimes with larger embryo and little or no endosperm; mostly herbs, seldom shrubs or woody vines, the lvs usually alternate, sometimes opposite or whorled, or all basal, often cleft or compound. 50/2000.
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Common Names
The buttercup family