Ranunculus aconitifolius

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Ordo: Ranunculales

Familia: Ranunculaceae
Subfamilia: Ranunculoideae
Tribus: Ranunculeae
Genus: Ranunculus
Subgenus: R. subg. Ranunculus
Sectio: R. sect. Aconitifolii
Species: Ranunculus aconitifolius
Name

Ranunculus aconitifolius L., Sp. Pl. 551. 1753.
Synonyms

Homotypic

Hecatonia aconitifolia (L.) Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv., 13. 1866.
Ranula aconitifolia (L.) Fourr., Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, sér. 2, 16: 324. 1868, nom. invalid.
Ranunculus argenteus E.H.L.Krause in Sturm, Fl. Deutschl., ed. 2, 5: 30. 1901, nom. illeg.
Ranunculus giganteus Lapeyr., Hist. Abr. Pyr., Suppl. : ?. 1818.
Ranunculus multiflorus Dulac, Fl. Hautes-Pyr. : 218. 1867, nom. illeg.

Heterotypic

Ranunculus aconitifolius f. penyalarensis Pau
Ranunculus aconitifolius proles intermedius (DC.) Rouy & Foucau, Fl. Fr., 1: 74. 1893.
Ranunculus aconitifolius var. crassicaulis DC., Syst. Nat., 1: 240. 1817.
Ranunculus aconitifolius var. flexicaulis Martrin-Donos, Pl. Crit. Tarn : 5. 1862.
Ranunculus aconitifolius var. humilis DC., Syst. Nat., 1: 240. 1817.
Ranunculus aconitifolius var. intermedius DC., Syst. Nat., 1: 240. 1817.
Ranunculus caballeroi Losa & P.Monts. 1952, Anales Inst. Bot. Cavanilles, 10 (11) : 504.
Ranunculus dealbatus Lapeyr.
Ranunculus heterophyllus Lapeyr., Hist. Abr. Pyr. : 316. 1813, nom. illeg. non Weber (1780).
Ranunculus intermedius (DC.) A.W.Hill, Ind. Kew., Suppl. 6: 172. 1926, nom. illeg. non Poir. in Lam. (1804).
Ranunculus intermedius (DC.) Rouy & Foucaud, Fl. Fr., 1: 74. 1893, nom. illeg. non Poir. in Lam. (1804).
Ranunculus medius Bernh., Catal. Pl. Hort. Erfurt 1808.

Hybrids

Ranunculus ×intermediifolius W.Huber

References

Cook, C.D.K, Grau, J. & López Gonzales, G. (1986). Ranunculus. In Castroviejo & al. (eds.) Flora Iberica 1. Lycopodiaceae to Papaveraceae. CSIC. Real Jardín Botánico. Madrid. [1].

USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [2]

Vernacular names
čeština: pryskyřník omějolistý
Deutsch: Eisenhutblättriger Hahnenfuß
English: aconite-leaf buttercup
suomi: Morsiusleinikki
svenska: Stormhattsranunkel

Ranunculus aconitifolius, the aconite-leaf buttercup[1] or bachelor's buttons, is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, native to central Europe. Growing to 60 cm (24 in) high by 40 cm (16 in) broad, this herbaceous perennial has slightly hairy palmate leaves up to 20 cm (8 in) long, and loose panicles of white, saucer-shaped flowers in spring.[2][3]

This species forms clumps, sometimes large colonies in moist places in mountains, meadows, edges of ditches and streams.

The Latin specific epithet aconitifolius means “with leaves resembling aconite”,[4] a reference to the related genus Aconitum, the monkshoods.

The double-flowered cultivar R. aconitifolius 'Flore Pleno' (fair maids of France, fair maids of Kent) has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[5][6]
References

"Ranunculus aconitifolius". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
taxonomy. "Taxonomy browser (Ranunculus aconitifolius)". Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.
"RHS Plant Selector - Ranunculus aconitifolius 'Flore Pleno'". Retrieved 17 February 2021.

"AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 84. Retrieved 23 September 2018.

Species Plantarum 1: 551. 1753. (1 May 1753)