Taxa

Ranunculales

Order

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General Reference

Nature Atlas. "Ranunculales." Accessed September 8, 2026. https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/order-ranunculales.

APA Style

Nature Atlas. (n.d.). Ranunculales. Retrieved September 8, 2026, from https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/order-ranunculales

BibTeX

@misc{natureatlas-ranunculales,
  author = {Nature Atlas},
  title = {Ranunculales},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://nature.interactiveatlas.org/taxa/order-ranunculales},
  note = {Accessed September 8, 2026}
}

Ranunculales is an order of flowering plants belonging to the basal eudicots, an ancient lineage dating to the Early Cretaceous, and contains the buttercup family Ranunculaceae along with six other recognized families under the APG III system, including Berberidaceae and Papaveraceae. Well-known plants in the order include buttercups, clematis, columbines, delphiniums, poppies, hellebores and barberries.

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