Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Infrakingdom Streptophyta > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Ranunculanae > Order Ranunculales

Ranunculaceae Juss.

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted
Name Status: nom. cons.

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*Actaeeae*	Spach	taxonomically included in
*Adonideae*	Kunth	taxonomically included in
*Anemoneae*	DC.	taxonomically included in
*Callianthemeae*	W. Wang & Z. D. Chen	taxonomically included in
*Caltheae*	Bercht. & J. Presl	taxonomically included in
*Delphinieae*	Warm.	taxonomically included in
*Helleboreae*	DC.	taxonomically included in
*Isopyreae*	Schröd.	taxonomically included in
*Nigelleae*	Tamura	taxonomically included in
*Ranunculeae*	DC.	taxonomically included in

Children

Actaeeae Spach
Adonideae Kunth
Anemoneae DC.
Callianthemeae W. Wang & Z. D. Chen
Caltheae Bercht. & J. Presl
Delphinieae Warm.
Helleboreae DC.
Isopyreae Schröd.
Nigelleae Tamura
Ranunculeae DC.

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Finnish: leinikkikasvit sources: Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R., Piirainen, M. & Uotila, P. 2019: Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. – Helsinki: Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS

Swedish: ranunkelväxter

Literature

nomenclatural reference	Gen. Pl.: 231. 1789

Genbank

Citation

Raab-Straube, E. von, Hand, R., Hörandl, E. & Nardi, E. 2014+: Ranunculaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. Ranunculaceae Juss. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/f01b357d-c65f-480d-8472-c01b481def99

WoRMS (2025). Ranunculaceae. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=416214