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Ranunculales

Ranunculales

9.9
A group of flowering plants like buttercups and barberries, including herbs, shrubs and trees
  • noun
  • /ræˈnʌŋkjʊˌleɪliz/
  • Specialized
: Ranunculales
  • The Ranunculales order contains many familiar garden plants, including various species of buttercups.

Examples

  • Several medicinal plants belong to the Ranunculales, valued for their bioactive compounds.

  • Scientists studied the evolutionary relationships within the Ranunculales using DNA analysis.

  • The Ranunculales order includes many beautiful flowering plants.

  • Many species of Ranunculales thrive in wetland areas.

  • Scientists studied the evolutionary relationships within the Ranunculales using DNA analysis.

  • Several medicinal plants belong to the Ranunculales, valued for their bioactive compounds.

  • The Ranunculales order contains many familiar garden plants, including various species of buttercups.

Surface Forms

Ranunculales singular
Ranunculaleses singular

Etymology

Ranunculales comes from the Latin name Ranunculus, which means 'little frog' because many of these plants grow in wet places where frogs live. The ending -ales marks a group of related plants, so Ranunculales is the plant order that includes buttercups and their relatives.