Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ranunculus acris L. [Ranunculaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 5

Ranunculus acris subsp. acris

Ranunculus acris subsp. friesianus (Jord.) Syme

Ranunculus acris var. frigidus (Regel) Regel

Ranunculus acris subsp. hultenii Vorosch.

Ranunculus acris subsp. pumilus (Wahlenb.) Á.Löve & D.Löve

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
acrid buttercup	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
bachelor s buttons	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bouton d'or	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
meadow buttercup	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ranunculus acris	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
renoncule âcre	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tall buttercup	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
vanlig smörblomma	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ranunculastrum acre (L.) Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 324 (1868).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ranunculus acer L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Ranunculus acris	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Ranunculus acris L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Ranunculus acris Linnaeus	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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