Ranunculaceae

Ranunculaceae, the buttercup family (order Ranunculales), comprising about 2,252 species in 62 genera of flowering plants, mostly herbs, which are widely distributed in all temperate and subtropical regions. In the tropics they occur mostly at high elevations. The leaves are usually alternate and stalkless and may be simple or much divided, often with sheathing bases. The flowers usually have two to five free sepals and may be radially symmetrical or irregular. The petals are free...