Ranunculaceae

Ranunculaceae Temporal range: 124–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Cretaceous–Recent[1]
Ranunculus auricomus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Ranunculaceae Juss.
Type genus
Ranunculus L.
Subfamilies
Hydrastidoideae Glaucidioideae Coptoideae Thalictroideae Ranunculoideae

Ranunculaceae (/rənʌŋkjuːˈleɪsiˌaɪ, -siːˌiː/, buttercup or crowfoot family; Latin rānunculus "little frog", from rāna "frog") is a family of over 2,000 known species of flowering plants in 43 genera,^[2] distributed worldwide.

The largest genera are Ranunculus (600 species), Delphinium (365), Thalictrum (330), Clematis (380), and Aconitum (300).