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Ranunculus Species: edit
| Genus & Species | Common Names | Native Range | Illustration |
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| Ranunculus abortivus | Little-leaf buttercup, Small-flower crowfoot, Kidney-leaf buttercup, Small-flowered buttercup |
North America | |
| Ranunculus aconitifolius | Aconite-leaf buttercup | Europe | 
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| Ranunculus acraeus | Cartman's buttercup | New Zealand | |
| Ranunculus acriformis | Sharpleaf buttercup, Autumn buttercup |
North America | |
| Ranunculus acris | Meadow buttercup, Tall buttercup |
Temperate Eurasia | 
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| Ranunculus alismifolius | Plantainleaf buttercup | Western North America | 
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| Ranunculus alpestris | Alpine buttercup | Europe | 
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| Ranunculus andersonii | Anderson's buttercup | Western United States | |
| Ranunculus aquatilis | Common water-crowfoot, White water-crowfoot |
Europe, Africa, North America |
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| Ranunculus arvensis | Corn buttercup, Devil-on-all-sides, Scratch bur |
Europe | 
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| Ranunculus asiaticus | Persian buttercup, Persian crowfoot, Asian buttercup |
Eastern Mediterranean region | 
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| Ranunculus auricomus | Goldilocks buttercup, Greenland buttercup |
Northern Eurasia, Greenland |
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| Ranunculus biternatus | Antarctic buttercup | ||
| Ranunculus bonariensis | Carter's buttercup | Chile, Argentina, Central California |
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| Ranunculus bulbosus | St Anthony's turnip, Bulbous buttercup |
Europe | 
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| Ranunculus bullatus | Autumn buttercup | Mediterranean region | 
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| Ranunculus californicus | California buttercup | California | 
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| Ranunculus canus | Sacramento Valley buttercup | California | |
| Ranunculus carinthiacus | Carinthian buttercup | Europe | 
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| Ranunculus cassubicifolius | Europe | 
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| Ranunculus cassubicus | Kashubian buttercup | Eastern Europe | 
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| Ranunculus crassipes | Subantarctic buttercup | Subantarctic region | |
| Ranunculus caucasicus | 
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| Ranunculus circinatus | Fan-leaved water-crowfoot | Europe | 
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| Ranunculus cymbalaria | Alkali buttercup, Seaside buttercup |
Eurasia, North America, South America |
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| Ranunculus eschscholtzii | Eschscholtz's buttercup | Western North America | 
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| Ranunculus fallax | Europe | 
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| Ranunculus fascicularis | Early buttercup | Eastern North America | |
| Ranunculus ficaria | Fig buttercup, Lesser celandine |
Europe, West Asia |
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| Ranunculus flabellaris | Yellow water buttercup | North America | 
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| Ranunculus flammula | Lesser spearwort | Boreal Kingdom | 
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| Ranunculus fluitans | River water-crowfoot | Europe | 
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| Ranunculus glaberrimus | Sagebrush buttercup | Interior western North America | 
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| Ranunculus glacialis | Glacier crowfoot, Glacier buttercup |
Arctic-alpine Europe, Siberia, Alaska |
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| Ranunculus gormanii | Gorman's buttercup | Oregon, Northern California |
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| Ranunculus gramineus | Grassy-leaved buttercup | Southern Europe | 
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| Ranunculus hebecarpus | Delicate buttercup | Western North America | 
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| Ranunculus hederaceus | Ivy-leaved Crowfoot | Europe | 
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| Ranunculus hispidus | Bristly buttercup, Hispid buttercup, Swamp buttercup |
Eastern North America | .jpg)
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| Ranunculus hybridus | Hybrid buttercup | European Alps | 
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| Ranunculus hydrocharoides | Frogbit buttercup, Frog's bit buttercup |
Western North America | |
| Ranunculus jovis | Utah buttercup | Mountain west United States | 
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| Ranunculus kadzusensis | Maehwamarum, Korean water crowfoot |
Asia | |
| Ranunculus lapponicus | Lapland buttercup | Arctic | 
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| Ranunculus lingua | Greater spearwort | Eurasia | 
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| Ranunculus lobbii | Lobb's buttercup, Lobb's aquatic butterup |
Western North America | |
| Ranunculus longirostris | Longbeak buttercup, White water crowfoot |
North America | |
| Ranunculus lyallii | Mount Cook Lily, Mount Cook buttercup, Mountain buttercup |
New Zealand | 
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| Ranunculus macounii | Macoun's buttercup | North America | 
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| Ranunculus macrophyllus | Large-leaf buttercup | Europe | 
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| Ranunculus moseleyi | Moseley's buttercup | ||
| Ranunculus muricatus | Spinyfruit buttercup | Europe | |
| Ranunculus occidentalis | Western buttercup | Western North America | 
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| Ranunculus orthorhynchus | Straightbeak buttercup | Western North America | |
| Ranunculus papulentus | Large River buttercup | Southeastern Australia | |
| Ranunculus parviflorus | Smallflower buttercup | Europe | 
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| Ranunculus peltatus | Pond water crowfoot | Europe, Southwestern Asia, Northern Africa |
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| Ranunculus platanifolius | Large white buttercup | ||
| Ranunculus populago | Popular buttercup, Mountain Buttercup |
Pacific Northwest United States | |
| Ranunculus pusillus | Low spearwort | Eastern United States | 
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| Ranunculus pygmaeus | Pygmy buttercup | Circumpolar Arctic | 
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| Ranunculus pyrenaeus | Pyrenean buttercup | 
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| Ranunculus recurvatus | Hooked crowfoot, Hooked buttercup |
Eastern North America | |
| Ranunculus repens | Creeping buttercup | Eurasia, Northwest Africa |
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| Ranunculus sardous | Hairy buttercup, Sardinian buttercup |
Europe | 
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| Ranunculus sceleratus | Cursed buttercup, Celery-leaved buttercup |
Eurasia, North America |
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| Ranunculus seguieri | Seguier's buttercup | Southeastern Europe | 
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| Ranunculus septentrionalis | Swamp buttercup | Eastern North America | .jpg)
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| Ranunculus sieboldii | Asia | ||
| Ranunculus testiculatus | Bur buttercup, Curveseed butterwort |
Eurasia | 
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| Ranunculus thora | Tora buttercup | Europe | 
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| Ranunculus uncinatus | Woodland buttercup, Little buttercup |
Western North America | 
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