Species: Ranunculus flammula var. flammula

Lesser Spearwort
Species
    Kingdom
    Plantae
    Phylum
    Anthophyta
    Class

    Dicotyledoneae

    Order

    Ranunculales

    Family

    Ranunculaceae

    Genus

    Ranunculus

    Classification
    Informal Taxonomy
    Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Buttercup Family
    Formal Taxonomy
    Plantae - Anthophyta - Dicotyledoneae - Ranunculales - Ranunculaceae - Ranunculus - Ranunculus flammula, as treated here (following Kartesz, 1994 checklist) includes the plants widely known as Ranunculus filiformis and R. reptans. R. flammula var. filiformis includes R. reptans, which if treated separately within this species is R. flammula var. reptans, and R. filiformis. R. flammula var. flammula includes the 'ovalis' taxon variously treated as R. flammula var. ovalis, R. filiformis var. ovalis, or R. reptans var. ovalis. R. flammula var. angustifolius is primarily Eurasian, but reported also from Newfoundland.
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G5T4T5
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    1999-05-21
    Global Status Last Changed
    1999-05-21
    Conservation Status Map
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