Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ranunculus flabellaris Raf. [Ranunculaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
yellow water buttercup	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ranunculus delphiniifolius Torr. ex Eaton Man. Bot., ed. 2: 395 (1818).
Ranunculus delphiniifolius f. rosiflorus Clute Amer. Bot. (Binghamton) 34: 106 (1928).
Ranunculus delphiniifolius f. submersus Glück Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 39(2): 328 (1923).
Ranunculus delphiniifolius f. terrestris (A.Gray) S.F.Blake Rhodora 15: 164 (1913).
Ranunculus delphiniifolius subsp. terrestris (A.Gray) Piper Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 11: 272 (1906).
Ranunculus delphiniifolius var. terrestris (A.Gray) Farw. Rep. (Annual) Commiss. Parks Boulevards Detroit 11: 63 (1900).
Ranunculus flabellaris f. plenus B.Boivin Canad. Field-Naturalist 65: 4 (1951).
Ranunculus flabellaris f. riparius Fernald Rhodora 38: 171 (1936).
Ranunculus flabellaris f. rosiflorus (Clute) G.Wilh. & Rericha Michigan Bot. 55(3-4): 95 (2016).
Ranunculus lacustris var. terrestris (A.Gray) MacMill. Metasp. Minnesota Valley: 247 (1892).
Ranunculus multifidus var. terrestris A.Gray Manual, ed. 5: 41 (1867).
Ranunculus purshii var. aquatilis Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 1: 35 (1841).
Ranunculus subalpinus K.C.Davis Minnesota Bot. Stud. 2: 474 (1900), nom. illeg.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ranunculus delphinifolius Torreya	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Ranunculus flabellaris Raf.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Ranunculus flabellaris Rafinesque	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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