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|accepted_name=Ranunculus subg. Ficaria
|accepted_authority=(Schaeffer) L. D. Benson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Amer. J. Bot.
|place=27: 807. 1940
|year=1940
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Undefined subg. Ficaria
|authority=Schaeffer
|rank=subgenus
|publication_title=Bot. Exped.,
|publication_place=156-157. 1760
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Ranunculaceae;Ranunculus;Ranunculus subg. Ficaria
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ranunculaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Ranunculus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Ranunculus subg. Ficaria]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
|mention_page=page 133
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism growth form"><b>Plants </b>glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem orientation;stem architecture"><b>Stems </b>erect or decumbent, not bulbous-based, sometimes producing axillary bulbils.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="root position;root architecture"><b>Roots </b>basal, some tuberous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf position;leaf position;leaf architecture;leaf architecture"><b>Leaves </b>basal and cauline, simple, petiolate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="basal and cauline leaf-blade architecture or shape;margin shape;margin shape">basal and cauline leaf-blades similar, undivided, margins entire or crenulate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;flower architecture or arrangement or growth form"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal, solitary flowers.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="sepal duration;sepal quantity"><b>Flowers:</b> sepals deciduous soon after anthesis, 3;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="petal quantity;petal coloration">petals 7-10, yellow;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="nectary scale fixation;nectary scale pubescence;side quantity;margin fusion;margin architecture or shape">nectary scale attached on 3 sides, forming pocket, glabrous, free margin entire;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="style presence">style absent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="fruits achene architecture or structure in adjective form"><b>Fruits </b>achenes, 1-locular;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="achene body shape;achene body length">achene body ellipsoid, about as wide as thick, not prolonged beyond seed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="wall width;wall architecture or pubescence or relief">wall thick, smooth;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="ridge position;ridge size or width">margin low narrow ridge;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="beak presence">beak absent.</span><!--

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|distribution=North America;Pacific Islands;Australia;Eurasia and n Africa
|discussion=<p>Species 5 (1 in the flora).</p>
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name=Ranunculus subg. Ficaria
|authority=(Schaeffer) L. D. Benson
|rank=subgenus
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Undefined subg. Ficaria
|family=Ranunculaceae
|distribution=North America;Pacific Islands;Australia;Eurasia and n Africa
|reference=None
|publication title=Amer. J. Bot.
|publication year=1940
|special status=
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|genus=Ranunculus
|subgenus=Ranunculus subg. Ficaria
|achene body length=prolonged
|achene body shape=ellipsoid
|basal and cauline leaf-blade architecture or shape=undivided
|beak presence=absent
|flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary
|fruits achene architecture or structure in adjective form=1-locular
|inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal
|leaf architecture=petiolate;simple
|leaf position=cauline;basal
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|margin fusion=free
|margin shape=crenulate;entire
|nectary scale fixation=attached
|nectary scale pubescence=glabrous
|petal coloration=yellow
|petal quantity=7;10
|ridge position=low
|ridge size or width=narrow
|root architecture=tuberous
|root position=basal
|sepal duration=deciduous
|sepal quantity=3
|side quantity=3
|stem architecture=not bulbous-based
|stem orientation=decumbent;erect
|style presence=absent
|wall architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth
|wall width=thick
|whole_organism growth form=plant
|whole_organism pubescence=glabrous
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