Ranunculus fluitans (Lam.) has no documented commercial, industrial, craft, or culinary uses. The species is not utilized for timber, fiber, colorants, resins/gums, starch, seed oils, or beverages. It is not reported as a food plant, fragrance source, or feed/fodder in authoritative sources. Its ecological role is extensively described in aquatic vegetation and stream ecology, but this does not constitute a material or processed product use. No non-medicinal applications are recorded in the taxonomic, floristic, and wetland literature.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Ranunculus fluentorum	Rouy	Fl. France 4: 292 (1897)
Ranunculus fluviatilis	Wigg.	Prim. Fl. Holsat. : 42 (1780)
Ranunculus peucedanifolius	All.	Fl. Pedem. 2: 53 (1785)
Batrachium bachii	Wirtg. ex F.W.Schultz	Arch. Fl. France Allemagne : 292 (1852)
Batrachium fluitans	Wimm.	Fl. Schles. : 9 (1840)
Batrachium fluviatile	Gray	Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 722 (1821 publ. 1822)
Batrachium peucedanifolium	Dumort.	Fl. Belg. : 127 (1827)
Batrachium pumilum	Nym.	Bot. Not. 1852: 98 (1852)
Ranunculus aquatilis var. fluviatilis	With.	Arr. Brit. Pl. ed. 3 , 2: 507 (1796)

Common names Top

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	river water crowfoot
English	river water-crowfoot
Arabic	حوذان عائم
Czech	lakušník vzplývavý
Welsh	crafanc-y-frân yr afon
German	flutender hahnenfuß
German	flutender wasser-hahnenfuß
German	flutender wasserhahnenfuss
German	flutender wasserhahnenfuß
Finnish	jokisätkin
French	renoncule des rivieres
French	renoncule des rivières
French	renoncule flottante
Irish	néal uisce abhann
Upper Sorbian	Žołmjaca maslenka
Upper Sorbian	Žołmjawka
Hungarian	Úszó víziboglárka
Hungarian	uszó víziboglárka
Italian	ranuncolo fluitante
li	vlaot
Lithuanian	plūdinis vėdrynas
Dutch	vlottende waterranonkel
Polish	włosienicznik rzeczny
Slovak	močiarka riečna
Slovenian	plavajoča vodna zlatica
Swedish	jättemöja

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000460503
Tropicos	27100164
INPN	117027
Flora of Italy	1180
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:712741-1
The Plant List	kew-2523387
Open Tree Of Life	961752
Observations.org	2708
NCBI Taxonomy	286898
NBN Atlas	NBNSYS0000002725
IUCN Red List	167918
IPNI	712741-1
iNaturalist	196971
GBIF	7277865
Freebase	/m/04grj2p
EPPO	RANFL
Elurikkus	581854
Wikipedia	Ranunculus_fluitans

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

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Beyond taxonomic diversity patterns – investigating how α and β components of macrophyte functional diversity respond to environmental gradients in lotic ecosystems of Greece

Stefanidis K, Oikonomou A, Dimitrellos G, Tsoukalas D, Papastergiadou E

Front Plant Sci

08-Sep-2023

PMCID:	PMC10514920
doi:	10.3389/fpls.2023.1204383
PMID:	37746009

Emergent (branched bur-reed—Sparganium erectum L.) and submergent (river water-crowfoot—Ranunculus fluitans Wimm., 1841) aquatic plants as metal biosorbents under varying water pH conditions in laboratory conditions

Senze M, Kowalska-Góralska M, Czyż K

Environ Sci Pollut Res Int

22-Jul-2023

PMCID:	PMC10447270
doi:	10.1007/s11356-023-28752-x
PMID:	37480537

Extensive hybridization in Ranunculus section Batrachium (Ranunculaceae) in rivers of two postglacial landscapes of East Europe

Bobrov AA, Butkuvienė J, Chemeris EV, Patamsytė J, Lambertini C, Aučina A, Sinkevičienė Z, Naugžemys D

Sci Rep

15-Jul-2022

PMCID:	PMC9287324
doi:	10.1038/s41598-022-16224-0
PMID:	35840607

Genetic Diversity of Aquatic Ranunculus (Batrachium, Ranunculaceae) in One River Basin Caused by Hybridization

Butkuvienė J, Sinkevičienė Z, Naugžemys D, Žvingila D, Skridaila A, Bobrov AA

Plants (Basel)

28-Oct-2020

PMCID:	PMC7694053
doi:	10.3390/plants9111455
PMID:	33126633

Growth‐form and spatiality driving the functional difference of native and alien aquatic plants in Europe

Lukács BA, Vojtkó AE, Mesterházy A, Molnár V A, Süveges K, Végvári Z, Brusa G, Cerabolini BE

Ecol Evol

14-Jan-2017

PMCID:	PMC5288262
doi:	10.1002/ece3.2703
PMID:	28168031

Depth Estimation of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in Clear Water Streams Using Low-Altitude Optical Remote Sensing

Visser F, Buis K, Verschoren V, Meire P

Sensors (Basel)

30-Sep-2015

PMCID:	PMC4634511
doi:	10.3390/s151025287
PMID:	26437410

Plant trait characteristics vary with size and eutrophication in European lowland streams

Baattrup‐Pedersen A, Göthe E, Larsen SE, O'Hare M, Birk S, Riis T, Friberg N

J Appl Ecol

21-Aug-2015

PMCID:	PMC7166906
doi:	10.1111/1365-2664.12509
PMID:	32336776

The avoidance strategy of environmental constraints by an aquatic plant Potamogeton alpinus in running waters

Robionek A, Banaś K, Chmara R, Szmeja J

Ecol Evol

22-Jul-2015

PMCID:	PMC4569029
doi:	10.1002/ece3.1598
PMID:	26380667

Using evolution as a guide to engineer kranz-type c4 photosynthesis

Slewinski TL

Front Plant Sci

01-Jul-2013

PMCID:	PMC3696737
doi:	10.3389/fpls.2013.00212
PMID:	23847626

Combined use of leaf size and economics traits allows direct comparison of hydrophyte and terrestrial herbaceous adaptive strategies

Pierce S, Brusa G, Sartori M, Cerabolini BE

Ann Bot

14-Feb-2012

PMCID:	PMC3310502
doi:	10.1093/aob/mcs021
PMID:	22337079

Mechanical Adaptations of Cleavers (Galium aparine)

GOODMAN AM

Ann Bot

01-Dec-2004

PMCID:	PMC4246785
doi:	10.1093/aob/mci038
PMID:	15574483

Quercetin glycosides from European aquatic Ranunculus species of subgenus Batrachium

K. Gluchoff-Fiasson, J.L. Fiasson, H. Waton

Elsevier BV

04-Mar-2003

doi:	10.1016/S0031-9422(97)00091-5

Tensioactive Compounds from the Aquatic Plant Ranunculus fluitans L. (Ranunculaceae)

Christian Wegner, Matthias Hamburger, Olaf Kunert, Ernst Haslinger

Wiley

25-Aug-2002

doi:	10.1002/1522-2675(20000705)83:7<1454::AID-HLCA1454>3.0.CO;2-7

Plant life. Ennos R, Sheffield E. 2000.

Ingrouille M

Ann Bot

01-May-2002

PMCID:	PMC4233900
doi:	10.1093/aob/mcf098

Attribute‐based classification of European hydrophytes and its relationship to habitat utilization

Willby NJ, Abernethy VJ, Demars BO

Freshw Biol

01-Jan-2000

PMCID:	PMC7159346
doi:	10.1046/j.1365-2427.2000.00523.x
PMID:	32313324

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Glycerolipids / Glycosylglycerols / 3-O-beta-D-digalactosyl-sn-glycerols
(2S)-1,2-Di-O-Linolenoyl-3-O-Alpha-Galactopyranosyl-(1->6)-O-Beta-Galactopyranosyl Glycerol	57400365	Click to see	937.20	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/1522-2675(20000705)83:7<1454::AID-HLCA1454>3.0.CO;2-7
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Glycerolipids / Glycosylglycerols / Glycosyldiacylglycerols
[2-Octadeca-9,12,15-trienoyloxy-3-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-[[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxypropyl] octadeca-9,12,15-trienoate	25200977	Click to see	937.20	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/1522-2675(20000705)83:7<1454::AID-HLCA1454>3.0.CO;2-7
Panaxcerol C	73805565	Click to see	775.10	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/1522-2675(20000705)83:7<1454::AID-HLCA1454>3.0.CO;2-7
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Glycerolipids / Glycosylglycerols / Glycosyldiacylglycerols / 1,2-diacyl-3-O-beta-D-galactosyl-sn-glycerols
(2S)-1,2-Di-O-((9Z,12Z,15Z)-Octadeca-9,12,15-Trienoyl)-3-O-Beta-D-Galactopyranosyl Glycerol	21582567	Click to see	775.10	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/1522-2675(20000705)83:7<1454::AID-HLCA1454>3.0.CO;2-7
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Terpene glycosides / Triterpene glycosides / Triterpene saponins
[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-6-[[(2R,3R,4R,5S,6R)-3,4-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-5-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl] (4aS,6aR,6aS,6bR,8aR,10S,12aR,14bS)-10-[(2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-4-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-2,2,6a,6b,9,9,12a-heptamethyl-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylate	101065819	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2C(OC(C(C2O)O)OCC3C(C(C(C(O3)OC(=O)C45CCC(CC4C6=CCC7C8(CCC(C(C8CCC7(C6(CC5)C)C)(C)C)OC9C(C(C(C(O9)CO)O)OC1C(C(C(C(O1)CO)O)O)O)O)C)(C)C)O)O)O)CO)O)O)O	1251.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/1522-2675(20000705)83:7<1454::AID-HLCA1454>3.0.CO;2-7
[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-6-[[(2R,3R,4R,5S,6R)-3,4-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-5-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl] (4aS,6aR,6aS,6bR,8aR,10S,12aR,14bS)-2,2,6a,6b,9,9,12a-heptamethyl-10-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylate	10819996	Click to see	1089.30	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/1522-2675(20000705)83:7<1454::AID-HLCA1454>3.0.CO;2-7
[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-6-[[(2R,3R,4R,5S,6R)-3,4-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-5-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl] (4aS,6aR,6aS,6bR,8aR,9R,10S,12aR,14bS)-9-(hydroxymethyl)-2,2,6a,6b,9,12a-hexamethyl-10-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylate	21630095	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2C(OC(C(C2O)O)OCC3C(C(C(C(O3)OC(=O)C45CCC(CC4C6=CCC7C8(CCC(C(C8CCC7(C6(CC5)C)C)(C)CO)OC9C(C(C(C(O9)CO)O)O)O)C)(C)C)O)O)O)CO)O)O)O	1105.30	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/1522-2675(20000705)83:7<1454::AID-HLCA1454>3.0.CO;2-7
[6-[[3,4-Dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-5-(3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl)oxyoxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl] 10-[3,5-dihydroxy-4-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-9-(hydroxymethyl)-2,2,6a,6b,9,12a-hexamethyl-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylate	156602891	Click to see	1237.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/1522-2675(20000705)83:7<1454::AID-HLCA1454>3.0.CO;2-7
[6-[[3,4-Dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-5-(3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl)oxyoxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl] 10-[3,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-4-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-2,2,6a,6b,9,9,12a-heptamethyl-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylate	163045067	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2C(OC(C(C2O)O)OCC3C(C(C(C(O3)OC(=O)C45CCC(CC4C6=CCC7C8(CCC(C(C8CCC7(C6(CC5)C)C)(C)C)OC9C(C(C(C(O9)CO)O)OC1C(C(C(C(O1)CO)O)O)O)O)C)(C)C)O)O)O)CO)O)O)O	1251.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/1522-2675(20000705)83:7<1454::AID-HLCA1454>3.0.CO;2-7
[6-[[3,4-Dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-5-(3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl)oxyoxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl] 10-[4,5-dihydroxy-3-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-9-(hydroxymethyl)-2,2,6a,6b,9,12a-hexamethyl-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylate	14038567	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2C(OC(C(C2O)O)OCC3C(C(C(C(O3)OC(=O)C45CCC(CC4C6=CCC7C8(CCC(C(C8CCC7(C6(CC5)C)C)(C)CO)OC9C(C(C(CO9)O)O)OC1C(C(C(C(O1)CO)O)O)O)C)(C)C)O)O)O)CO)O)O)O	1237.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/1522-2675(20000705)83:7<1454::AID-HLCA1454>3.0.CO;2-7
[6-[[3,4-Dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-5-(3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl)oxyoxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl] 2,2,6a,6b,9,9,12a-heptamethyl-10-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylate	85279411	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2C(OC(C(C2O)O)OCC3C(C(C(C(O3)OC(=O)C45CCC(CC4C6=CCC7C8(CCC(C(C8CCC7(C6(CC5)C)C)(C)C)OC9C(C(C(C(O9)CO)O)O)O)C)(C)C)O)O)O)CO)O)O)O	1089.30	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/1522-2675(20000705)83:7<1454::AID-HLCA1454>3.0.CO;2-7
[6-[[3,4-Dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-5-(3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl)oxyoxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl] 9-(hydroxymethyl)-2,2,6a,6b,9,12a-hexamethyl-10-(3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl)oxy-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylate	14038555	Click to see	1075.20	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/1522-2675(20000705)83:7<1454::AID-HLCA1454>3.0.CO;2-7
[6-[[3,4-Dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-5-(3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl)oxyoxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl] 9-(hydroxymethyl)-2,2,6a,6b,9,12a-hexamethyl-10-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylate	73814679	Click to see	1105.30	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/1522-2675(20000705)83:7<1454::AID-HLCA1454>3.0.CO;2-7
Cauloside D	21630094	Click to see	1075.20	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/1522-2675(20000705)83:7<1454::AID-HLCA1454>3.0.CO;2-7
Cauloside G	45267538	Click to see	1237.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/1522-2675(20000705)83:7<1454::AID-HLCA1454>3.0.CO;2-7
leiyemudanoside B	101065820	Click to see	1237.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/1522-2675(20000705)83:7<1454::AID-HLCA1454>3.0.CO;2-7
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-7-O-glycosides
3-[[(2R,3S,4S,5S,6S)-6-[2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5-hydroxy-4-oxo-7-[(2S,3S,4S,5S,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxychromen-3-yl]oxy-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]methoxy]-3-oxopropanoic acid	163062129	Click to see	712.60	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(97)00091-5
3-[[6-O-(2-Carboxyacetyl)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl]oxy]-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-7-(beta-D-glucopyranosyloxy)-5-hydroxy-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one	101712275	Click to see	712.60	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(97)00091-5
Quercetin 3-O-(6"-malonyl-glucoside) 7-O-glucoside	74978238	Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)COC(=O)CC(=O)O)O)O)O)O)O	712.60	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(97)00091-5

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Ranunculus fluitans

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