Ranunculaceae

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Ranunculaceae - a family of Ranunculaceae buttercup family, crowfoot family, family Ranunculaceae magnoliid dicot family - family of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms order Ranales, order Ranunculales, Ranales, Ranunculales - herbs, shrubs and trees: includes families Ranunculaceae; Annonaceae; Berberidaceae; Magnoliaceae; Menispermaceae; Myristicaceae; Nymphaeaceae; Lardizabalaceae; Lauraceae; Calycanthaceae; Ceratophyllaceae; Cercidiphyllaceae genus Ranunculus, Ranunculus - annual, biennial or perennial herbs: buttercup; crowfoot Aconitum, genus Aconitum - genus of poisonous plants of temperate regions of northern hemisphere with a vaulted and enlarged petal Actaea, genus Actaea - baneberry genus Adonis, Adonis - annual or perennial herbs genus Anemone - perennial herbs with tuberous roots and beautiful flowers; of north and south temperate regions Anemonella, genus Anemonella - one species: rue anemone genus Aquilegia - columbine Caltha, genus Caltha - a genus of Caltha Cimicifuga, genus Cimicifuga - small genus of perennial herbs of north temperate regions: bugbane genus Clematis - large genus of deciduous or evergreen woody vines or erect herbs Coptis, genus Coptis - small genus of low perennial herbs having yellow rhizomes and white or yellow flowers Consolida, genus Consolida - plants having flowers resembling the larkspur's but differing from larkspur's in the arrangement of petals; sometimes included in genus Delphinium genus Delphinium - large genus of chiefly perennial erect branching herbs of north temperate regions some poisonous Eranthis, genus Eranthis - winter aconite genus Helleborus, Helleborus - a genus of Helleborus genus Hepatica - small genus of perennial herbs of north temperate regions; allied to genus Anemone genus Hydrastis, Hydrastis - small genus of perennial herbs having rhizomes and palmate leaves and small solitary flowers; of northeastern United States and Japan genus Isopyrum, Isopyrum - tufted perennial herbs of northern hemisphere genus Laccopetalum, Laccopetalum - one species: giant buttercup genus Nigella - erect annual Eurasian herbs genus Pulsatilla, Pulsatilla - includes a group of plants that in some classifications are included in the genus Anemone: pasqueflowers genus Thalictrum, Thalictrum - widely distributed genus of perennial herbs: meadow rue genus Trautvetteria, Trautvetteria - small genus of perennial herbs: false bugbane genus Trollius, Trollius - perennial herbs of north temperate regions: globeflowers