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Ranunculus aquatilis L. |
Fam.: Ranunculaceae / Buttercup Fam. |
Synon.: Batrachium aquatile (L.) DUMORT. |
Genus: Ranunculus L., Batrachium (DC.) GRAY |
Authors: | |||
Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals | |||
Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier (1797 - 1878), Belgian politician and botanist | |||
Augustin-Pyrame de Candolle (1778 - 1841), Swiss botanist | |||
Samuel Frederick Gray (1766 - 1828), British pharmacologist and botanist | |||
Etymology: | |||
Ranunculus: | diminutive of rana = frog | ||
aquatilis: | growing in or at water | ||
Batrachium: | batracheios = frogs | ||
The Common Water Crowfoot Ranunculus aquatilis has flat swimming leaves of three to five lobes and filamentous underwater leaves that are somewhat stiff and do not collapse outside of the water. Fresh flowers have overlapping petals and 15 to 22 stamens. | ||
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