list of Latin and synonymous common names of - University of ...

illegally; not found in Canada otherwise)
Ranunculus bulbosus L. (bulbous buttercup, bulbous crowfoot, St. Anthony‟s tulip, yellow weed)*
Ranunculus cymbalaria Pursh. (Cyrtorhyncha cymbalaria (Pursh) Britton ssp. alpina (Hook.) A. Löve &
D. Löve, Halerpestes cymbalaria (Pursh) Greene (alkali buttercup, Great Lakes crowfoot, seaside
buttercup, seaside crowfoot)
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow (early buttercup, early crowfoot, tufted buttercup)
Ranunculus ficaria L. (fig buttercup, lesser celandine, marsh pilewort)*
Ranunculus flabellaris Raf. (Ranunculus delphiniifolius Torr. ex Eaton) (yellow water-buttercup, yellow
water-crowfoot)
Ranunculus flammula L. var. filiformis (Michx.) Hook. (Ranunculus filiformis Michx., Ranunculus
flammula L. var. reptans (L.) E. Mey., Ranunculus reptans L., Ranunculus reptans L. var. filiformis
(Michx.) DC., Ranunculus reptans L. var. intermedius (Hook.) Torr. & A. Gray) (creeping
spearwort, greater creeping spearwort, mud-buttercup)
Ranunculus flammula L. var. flammula (Ranunculus filiformis Michx. var. ovalis Bigelow, Ranunculus
flammula L. var. angustifolius Wallr., Ranunculus flammula L. var. genuinus Buchenau,
Ranunculus flammula L. var. ovalis (Bigelow) L.D. Benson, Ranunculus flammula L. var.
samolifolius (Greene) L.D. Benson, Ranunculus reptans L. var. ovalis (Bigelow) Torr. & A. Gray)
(greater creeping spearwort) (NS & NF in e. Canada)
Ranunculus gmelinii DC. (Ranunculus hyperboreus Rottb. var. tuquetilianus Polunin p.p., Ranunculus
limosus Nutt., Ranunculus purshii Richardson) (Gmelin‟s buttercup, small yellow water-buttercup,
small yellow water-crowfoot)
Ranunculus hederaceus L. (Batrachium hederaceum (L.) Gray) (ivy-leaved buttercup, Newfoundland
buttercup) (probably * in Canada)
Ranunculus hispidus Michx. var. caricetorum (Greene) T. Duncan (Ranunculus caricetorum Greene,
Ranunculus septentrionalis Poir. var. caricetorum (Greene) Fernald, Ranunculus siciformis Mack.
& Bush ex Rydb. (bristly buttercup, hispid buttercup, swamp buttercup)
Ranunculus hispidus Michx. var. hispidus (bristly buttercup, hispid buttercup, swamp buttercup)
Ranunculus hispidus Michx. var. nitidus (Chapm.) T. Duncan (Ranunculus carolinianus DC.,
Ranunculus carolinianus DC. var. villicaulis Shinners, Ranunculus nitidus Muhl. ex Elliot, non
Walter, Ranunculus palmatus Elliot, Ranunculus septentrionalis Poir., Ranunculus septentrionalis
Poir. var. nitidus (Chapm.) Chapm., Ranunculus septentrionalis Poir. var. pterocarpus L.D.
Benson)
Ranunculus hyperboreus Rottb. (Ranunculus intertextus Greene, Ranunculus natans C.A. Mey. var.
intertextus (Greene) L.D. Benson) (Arctic buttercup, high northern buttercup)
Ranunculus lapponicus L. (Coptidium lapponicum (L.) Gandog.) (Lapland buttercup, moss-buttercup)
Ranunculus longirostris Godr. (Batrachium circinatum (Sibth.) Rchb., Batrachium circinatum (Sibth.)
Rchb. ssp. subrigidum (W. Drew) A. Löve & D. Löve, Batrachium longirostre (Godr.) F.W.
Schultz, Ranunculus amphibius James, Ranunculus aquatilis L. var. diffusus With. p.p.,
Ranunculus aquatilis L. var. longirostris (Godr.) G. Lawson, Ranunculus aquatilis L. var.
subrigidus (W. Drew) Breitung, Ranunculus circinatus auct. non Sibth., Ranunculus circinatus
Sibth. var. subrigidus (W. Drew) L.D. Benson, Ranunculus subrigidus W. Drew, Ranunculus
usneoides Greene) (longbeak buttercup, stiff white water-buttercup, white water-buttercup, white
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