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Internal ID UUID64404d2060d55009180914
Scientific name Ranunculus japonicus
Authority Thunb.
First published in Trans. Linn. Soc. 2: 337 (1794)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Ranunculus coreanus H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 7: 101 (1909)
Ranunculus crucilobus H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 32 (1912)
Ranunculus yuparensis Miyabe ex Toyokuni J. Jap. Bot. 28: 251 (1953)
Ranunculus novus H.Lév. & Vaniot Bull. Soc. Bot. France 53: 389 (1906)
Ranunculus grandis Honda Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 43: 657 (1929)
Ranunculus transochotensis Hara J. Jap. Bot. 13: 775 (1937)
Ranunculus subcorymbosus subsp. grandis (Honda) Tamura Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 24: 166 1970
Ranunculus subcorymbosus var. grandis (Honda) Kitag.
Ranunculus acris var. japonicus (Thunb.) Maxim. Enum. Pl. Mongol. 1: 21 1889
Ranunculus labordei H.Lév. & Vaniot Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 11: 50 (1902)
Ranunculus japonicus var. latissimus Kitag. J. Jap. Bot. 19: 68 (1943)
Ranunculus paishanensis Kitag. J. Jap. Bot. 19: 69 (1943)
Ranunculus paishanensis var. oreodoxa Kitag. Rep. Inst. Sci. Res. Manchoukuo 5: 153 (1941)
Ranunculus japonicus f. latissimus (Kitag.) Kitag. J. Jap. Bot. 19: 68 (1943)
Ranunculus paishanensis f. oreodoxa (Kitag.) Kitag. Rep. Inst. Sci. Res. Manchoukuo 5: 153 (1941)
Ranunculus grandis var. typicus Hara J. Jap. Bot. 19(12): 359 1943
Ranunculus subcorymbosus var. ovczinnikovii Tamura Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 24(4–6): 166 1970
Ranunculus acris var. japonicus (Thunb.) Maxim. ex Makino New Ill. Fl. Jap. 181 1961
Ranunculus acris subsp. japonicus (Thunb.) Hultén Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl. , ser. 4, 13(1): 399 (1971)
Ranunculus acris var. schizophyllus H.Lév.
Ranunculus acris subsp. nipponicus (Hara) Hultén Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl. , ser. 4, 13(1): 399 (1971)
Ranunculus acris subsp. novus (H.Lév. & Vaniot) Vorosch. Florist. Issl. Razn. Raionakh SSSR : 169 (1985)

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Language Common/alternative name
Japanese きんぽうげ
Japanese キンポウゲ
Japanese 金鳳花
Japanese 馬の足形
Japanese ウマノアシガタ
Korean 미나리아재비
lzh 毛茛
Chinese 毛茛
Chinese 毛茛实
Chinese 毛莨
Chinese 五虎草
Chinese 老虎脚迹

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Ranunculus grandis var. manshuricus H.Hara J. Jap. Bot. 19(12): 360 1943
Ranunculus japonicus var. hsinganensis (Kitag.) W.T.Wang Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 15: 306 (1995)
Ranunculus japonicus var. rostratus Syams., H.Okada & M.Ogawa Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 53: 131 (2002)
Ranunculus japonicus var. ternatifolius L.Liao Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 12: 375 (1992)
Ranunculus japonicus var. yakushimensis (Makino) Yamam. Icon. Pl. Formosan. 3: 30. 1927 (1927)

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  • Asia-temperate
    • China
      • China North-central
      • China South-central
      • China Southeast
      • Inner Mongolia
      • Manchuria
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan
      • Korea
      • Nansei-shoto
      • Taiwan
    • Russian Far East
      • Amur
      • Khabarovsk
      • Kuril Islands
      • Primorye
      • Sakhalin
    • Siberia
      • Buryatiya
      • Chita
      • Irkutsk
      • Tuva
      • Yakutskiya

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001129303
Tropicos 27100460
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:712987-1
The Plant List tro-27100460
PFAF Ranunculus japonicus
Open Tree Of Life 140131
Observations.org 129726
NCBI Taxonomy 286919
IPNI 712987-1
iNaturalist 447278
iNaturalist 447280
iNaturalist 447277
GBIF 7277353
EPPO RANJA
Elurikkus 581758
USDA GRIN 410472

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Nitrogen acquisition strategy shifts with tree age depending on root functional traits and soil properties in Larix principis-rupprechtii plantations Liu Q, Chen Y, Chen Y Front Plant Sci 12-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10964345
doi:10.3389/fpls.2024.1358367
PMID:38533407
The complete chloroplast genome of Pulsatilla chinensis f. alba D. K. Zang (Ranunculaceae, Pulsatilla Miller) Bian C, Xing YP, Xue HF, Hou WJ, Yang YY, Xu L, Kang TG Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 31-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10836482
doi:10.1080/23802359.2023.2294894
PMID:38313466
Epoxyalcohol Synthase Branch of Lipoxygenase Cascade Toporkova YY, Smirnova EO, Gorina SS Curr Issues Mol Biol 18-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10813956
doi:10.3390/cimb46010053
PMID:38248355
The complete chloroplast genome of Ranunculus ternatus (Ranunculaceae) Qiao X, Wang Z, Sun W, Zhu N, Song M Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 08-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10796127
doi:10.1080/23802359.2023.2278816
PMID:38239910
Relationship between Species Diversity and Community Stability in Degraded Alpine Meadows during Bare Patch Succession She Y, Li X, Li C, Yang P, Song Z, Zhang J Plants (Basel) 15-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10610337
doi:10.3390/plants12203582
PMID:37896045
Diversity and traditional knowledge of medicinal plants used by Shui people in Southwest China Liu S, Zhang B, Lei Q, Zhou J, Ali M, Long C J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 30-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10230803
doi:10.1186/s13002-023-00594-4
PMID:37254191
Diversification of ranunculaceous petals in shape supports a generalized model for plant lateral organ morphogenesis and evolution Cheng J, Yao X, Li X, Yue L, Duan X, Li B, Fu X, Li S, Shan H, Yin X, Whitewoods C, Coen E, Kong H Sci Adv 21-Apr-2023
PMCID:PMC10121167
doi:10.1126/sciadv.adf8049
PMID:37083529
Phylogenomics and phylogeography of Menispermum (Menispermaceae) Song S, Cameron KM, Wang Y, Wang S, Jin X, Hina F, Yang Z, Li P Front Plant Sci 22-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9992823
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1116300
PMID:36909420
Novel RNA Viruses Discovered in Weeds in Rice Fields Chao S, Wang H, Zhang S, Chen G, Mao C, Hu Y, Yu F, Wang S, Lv L, Chen L, Feng G Viruses 10-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9717734
doi:10.3390/v14112489
PMID:36366587
Therapeutic Potential of Ranunculus Species (Ranunculaceae): A Literature Review on Traditional Medicinal Herbs Goo YK Plants (Basel) 17-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9227133
doi:10.3390/plants11121599
PMID:35736749
Identification of Causal Agent Inciting Powdery Mildew on Common Bean and Screening of Resistance Cultivars Deng D, Sun S, Wu W, Duan C, Wang Z, Zhang S, Zhu Z Plants (Basel) 25-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC9003302
doi:10.3390/plants11070874
PMID:35406856
Brief Pollination Assessment of a Critically Endangered Food-Deceptive Orchid (Cypripedium guttatum) Using a Network Approach Lee H, Lee HS, Bae KH Plants (Basel) 17-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8950287
doi:10.3390/plants11060798
PMID:35336680
Distribution of Therapeutic Efficacy of Ranunculales Plants Used by Ethnic Minorities on the Phylogenetic Tree of Chinese Species Hao DC, Zhang Y, He CN, Xiao PG Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 12-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8769838
doi:10.1155/2022/9027727
PMID:35069772
Herbal plants traded at the Kaili medicinal market, Guizhou, China Liu S, Zhang B, Zhou J, Lei Q, Fang Q, Kennelly EJ, Long C J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 29-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC8628420
doi:10.1186/s13002-021-00495-4
PMID:34844607
The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Japanese buttercup Ranunculus japonicus Thunb. Zeng WQ, Yan HJ, Wu YZ, Wang RR, Xiao XF, Qi ZC, Yan XL Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 14-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8519513
doi:10.1080/23802359.2021.1987166
PMID:34660897

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