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Ranunculus (buttercups and crowfoots)

Subtaxa

Rank	Taxon
Species	Ranunculus acris L. (Meadow Buttercup)		13	14			25
Aggregate	Ranunculus aquatilis sens. lat. L. (water crowfoot)		1
Species	Ranunculus arvensis L. (Corn Buttercup)			2
Species	Ranunculus auricomus L. (Goldilocks Buttercup)		11	11	12		7
Species	Ranunculus bulbosus L. (Bulbous Buttercup)		7			1	11
Species	Ranunculus cortusifolius (a house plant)						1
Aggregate	Ranunculus ficaria L. (lesser celandine)	2	21	6			18
Species	Ranunculus flammula L. (Lesser Spearwort)	1	24		6		7
Species	Ranunculus hederaceus L. (Ivy-leaved Crowfoot)		8
Species	Ranunculus lingua L. (Greater Spearwort)		1				5
Species	Ranunculus omiophyllus Ten. (Round-leaved Crowfoot)		10				1
Species	Ranunculus ophioglossifolius Villars (Adder's-tongue Spearwort)					1	2
Species	Ranunculus parviflorus L. (Small-flowered Buttercup)		7	2			1
Species	Ranunculus repens L. (Creeping Buttercup)		24	3			37
Species	Ranunculus sardous Crantz (Hairy Buttercup)						2
Species	Ranunculus sceleratus L. (Celery-leaved Buttercup)		9	8			9
Species	Ranunculus serbicus (a cultivated buttercup)						1

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Lansdown R.V. & Pankhurst T.J.

Privately published

Ranunculus may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

PLANTAE
(plants)

SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Ranunculus:

(live)	live is parasitised by aecium	Puccinia recondita - Brown Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
(live)	live is parasitised by pycnium	Puccinia recondita - Brown Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
	is foodplant of	Bagous tempestivus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	Morris, M.G., 2002
	is foodplant of	Leiosoma troglodytes - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	Morris, M.G., 2002
	may have adult	Oulema obscura - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)	Cox, M.L., 2007
	may have adult	Cryptocephalus hypochaeridis - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)	Cox, M.L., 2007
flower	flower is galled by larva	Dasineura traili - a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)	Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
flower	flower is visited for nectar and/or pollen by adult	Zodion - a genus of thick-headed flies (Diptera: Conopidae)	Smith, K.G.V., 1969
flower	flower may have adult	Gastrophysa viridula - Green Dock Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)	Cox, M.L., 2007
fruit (unripe)	unripe fruit has sap sucked by nymph	Dolycoris baccarum - Hairy Shieldbug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)	Hawkins, R.D., 1985
leaf (live, blistered)	live, blistered leaf is galled by sorus	Urocystis ranunculi - a smut fungus (Urocystales: Urocystaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaf (underside)	leaf (underside) is grazed by gregarious larva	Athalia bicolor - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)	Benson, R.B., 1952
leaf-mine	leaf-mine may house puparium	Phytomyza fallaciosa - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)	Spencer, K.A., 1972
leaf	leaf is galled by larva	Dasineura ranunculi - a gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)	Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Phytomyza fallaciosa - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)	Spencer, K.A., 1972 [a secondary blotch filling the apex of a leaf segment]
leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Phytomyza notata - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)	Spencer, K.A., 1972 [short, broad, essentially linear, but sometimes appearing blotch-like]
leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Phytomyza ranunculi - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)	Spencer, K.A., 1972 [frass grains close together, often connected in strings or strips]
leaf	leaf is mined by larva	Phytomyza ranunculivora - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)	Spencer, K.A., 1972 [mine long, linear, whitish; frass in widely spaced grains]
leaf	leaf is mined by solitary larva	Pseudodineura fuscula - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)	Benson, R.B., 1958 [blister mines, on terrestrial spp with divided leaves]
leaf	leaf is grazed by imago	Hydrothassa glabra - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)	Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf	leaf is grazed by larva	Hydrothassa glabra - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)	Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf	leaf is grazed by larva	Hydrothassa marginella - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)	Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf	leaf is grazed by imago	Hydrothassa marginella - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)	Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf	leaf is grazed by larva	Phyllotreta striolata - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)	Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf	leaf is grazed by imago	Phyllotreta striolata - a flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)	Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf	leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva	Tenthredo atra - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)	Benson, R.B., 1952
leaf	leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva	Tenthredo mioceras - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)	Benson, R.B., 1952
pollen	pollen is foodplant of adult	Cryptocephalus aureolus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)	Cox, M.L., 2007
root, rhizome	root, rhizome may contain larva	Leiosoma deflexum - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	Morris, M.G., 2002
root?	root? may contain larva	Leiosoma oblongulum - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)	Morris, M.G., 2002 Bullock, J.A., 1992
rootstock	rootstock is foodplant of larva	Cheilosia albitarsis - a hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae)	Rotheray, G.E., 1993
stem (live, blistered)	live, blistered stem is galled by sorus	Urocystis ranunculi - a smut fungus (Urocystales: Urocystaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
stem	stem may contain larva	Napomyza cineracea - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)	Spencer, K.A., 1972
stem	stem may contain larva	Phytomyza albipennis - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)	Spencer, K.A., 1972
stem	stem may contain larva	Phytomyza evanescens - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae)	Spencer, K.A., 1972

Ranunculus may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

RANUNCULACEAE
(buttercups, crowfoots)

References

Benson, R.B., 1952	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)
Benson, R.B., 1958	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c)
Bullock, J.A., 1992	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Cox, M.L., 2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland
Hawkins, R.D., 1985	Some foods of Heteroptera larvae in the wild
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
Morris, M.G., 2002	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae
Rotheray, G.E., 1993	Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Britain and Europe
Smith, K.G.V., 1969	Diptera: Conopidae
Spencer, K.A., 1972	Diptera: Agromyzidae
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls

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