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    Ranunculus aduncus  GREN.    
 

Fam.: Ranunculaceae / Buttercup Fam.  

Genus:  Ranunculus  L.
 

Authors:
   GREN.:  Jean Charles Marie Grenier (1808 - 1875), French botanist
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
 

Etymology:
   Ranunculus:   diminutive of rana = frog
   aduncus:   hook-shaped bent
 

Ranunculus aduncus has its name from the pronounced hook at the top of the achenes of the aggregate fruit, which to see I was too early. This hook is a remnant of the ovary.

 

Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup, I Liguria, Monte Beigua 2.10.2023
Fig. 1:  Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup
I Liguria, Monte Beigua 2.10.2023
Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup, I Liguria, Monte Beigua 2.10.2023
Fig. 2:  Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup
I Liguria, Monte Beigua 2.10.2023
Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup, I Liguria, Monte Beigua 2.10.2023
Fig. 3:  Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup
I Liguria, Monte Beigua 2.10.2023
Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup, I Liguria, Monte Beigua 2.10.2023
Fig. 4:  Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup
I Liguria, Monte Beigua 2.10.2023
Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup, I Liguria, Monte Beigua 2.10.2023
Fig. 5:  Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup
I Liguria, Monte Beigua 2.10.2023
Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup, I Liguria, Monte Beigua 2.10.2023
Fig. 6:  Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup
I Liguria, Monte Beigua 2.10.2023
Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup, I Liguria, Monte Beigua 2.10.2023
Fig. 7:  Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup
I Liguria, Monte Beigua 2.10.2023
Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup, I Liguria, Monte Beigua 2.10.2023
Fig. 8:  Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup
I Liguria, Monte Beigua 2.10.2023
Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup, I Liguria, Monte Beigua 2.10.2023
Fig. 9:  Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup
I Liguria, Monte Beigua 2.10.2023
Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup, I Liguria, Monte Beigua 2.10.2023
Fig. 10:  Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup
I Liguria, Monte Beigua 2.10.2023
Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup, F Col de la Bonette 8.7.2016
Fig. 11:  Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup
F Col de la Bonette 8.7.2016
Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup, F Col de la Bonette 8.7.2016
Fig. 12:  Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup
F Col de la Bonette 8.7.2016
Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup, F Col de la Bonette 8.7.2016
Fig. 13:  Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup
F Col de la Bonette 8.7.2016
Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup, F Col de la Bonette 8.7.2016
Fig. 14:  Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup
F Col de la Bonette 8.7.2016
Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup, F Col de la Bonette 8.7.2016
Fig. 15:  Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup
F Col de la Bonette 8.7.2016
Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup, F Col de la Bonette 8.7.2016
Fig. 16:  Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup
F Col de la Bonette 8.7.2016
Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup, F Col de la Bonette 8.7.2016
Fig. 17:  Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup
F Col de la Bonette 8.7.2016
Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup, F Col de la Bonette 8.7.2016
Fig. 18:  Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup
F Col de la Bonette 8.7.2016
Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup, F Col de la Bonette 8.7.2016
Fig. 19:  Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup
F Col de la Bonette 8.7.2016
Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup, F Col de la Bonette 8.7.2016
Fig. 20:  Ranunculus aduncus / Hooked Buttercup
F Col de la Bonette 8.7.2016

 


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