Ranunculus auricomus L.
(Goldilocks Buttercup)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRanunculus auricomus (Goldilocks Buttercup)
GenusRanunculus (buttercups and crowfoots)
FamilyRANUNCULACEAE (buttercups, crowfoots)
OrderRANUNCULALES (buttercups, poppies and barberries)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Ranunculus auricomus (Goldilocks Buttercup) :
1: Ranunculus auricomus (Goldilocks Buttercup)
5 May 2009 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Lower cuticle - magnified
2: Ranunculus auricomus (Goldilocks Buttercup)
13 May 2006 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
. Photos: Nail varnish peels showing microstructure of leaf surfaces
Image 1: Leaf - top surface - microscope low magnificationImage 2: Leaf - top surface - microscope low magnification (2)Image 3: Leaf - top surface - microscope low magnification (3)Image 4: Leaf - top surface - microscope low magnification (4)Image 5: Leaf - under surface - microscope low magnificationImage 6: Leaf - under surface - microscope low magnification (2)Image 7: Leaf - under surface - microscope low magnification (3)Image 8: Leaf - under surface - microscope low magnification (4)
3: Ranunculus auricomus (Goldilocks Buttercup)
22 Apr 2000 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Flower - face-viewImage 2: Flower - side viewImage 3: In situ
4: Ranunculus auricomus (Goldilocks Buttercup)
22 Apr 2000 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Basal leavesImage 2: Flower - close-upImage 3: In situ
5: Ranunculus auricomus (Goldilocks Buttercup)
3 May 1999 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: AchenesImage 2: Basal leaf - uppersideImage 3: Basal leaf - upperside (2)Image 4: Basal leavesImage 5: Cauline leafImage 6: FlowerImage 7: Flower (2)Image 8: Flower (3)Image 9: Flowering shootsImage 10: Flower - undersideImage 11: Flower - underside (2)Image 12: PollenImage 13: Pollen (2)Image 14: Pollen (3)Image 15: Pollen - surface ornamentation
6: Ranunculus auricomus (Goldilocks Buttercup)
11 Apr 1976 OSGR: TQ02 51° 0’ N, 0° 30’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
Image 1: Plant
7: Ranunculus auricomus (Goldilocks Buttercup)
19 Apr 1975 OSGR: SU68 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
in roadside verge
Image 1: FlowersImage 2: Flowers (2)Image 3: Flower - enlargedImage 4: Flowers - enlarged

Ranunculus auricomus (Goldilocks Buttercup) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ranunculus auricomus (Goldilocks Buttercup)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 10 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ranunculus auricomus (Goldilocks Buttercup)
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