Ranunculus Taxonomy

Almost every national flora divides up the aquatic Ranunculus species differently. The table below attempts to indicate how the various names used correspond to one another. Probably the most authoritive one is Stace, which is based on the molecular work of Sara Webster (as well as the taxanomical work of Chris Cook). You can find an excellend multi-access key that she wrote on the BSBI website. The Dutch flora produced in 1995 claims to use modern DNA insights, but unfortunately this has not been applied to the Batrachian Ranunculus species.

The following table contains a comparison of different names used for Ranunculus taxa in various floras:

De volgende tabel omvat eem vergelijking van Ranunculus namen uit diverse flora's:

Stace 1977 CTW (3rd Ed) Heukels' Flora van Nederland 23rd edition Flora van Belgie, Luxenburg, Noord-Frankrijk Standardliste der Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutchlands. Flora of North America  

R. hederaceus L.


Ivy-leaved crowfoot
R. hederaceus L. R. hederaceus L.

Klimopwaterranonkel
Rode Lijst: Kwetsbaar
R. hederaceus L.

Klimopwaterranonkel


Renoncule à feuilles de lierre

Efeublättriger Wasserhahnenfuss
R. hederaceus L.

Efeublättriger Hahnenfuss
R. hederaceus L
R. omiophyllus Ten.



 

Round-leaved crowfoot

R. omiophyllus Ten.

(R. omionphyllus Ten.)

 

Rode Lijst: Verdwenen

R. omiophyllus Ten.

Kempse waterranonkel

Renoncule de Lenormand

Westlicher Wasserhahnenfuss
R. omiophyllus Ten.

Lenormands Hahnenfuss
R. tripartitus DC.

Three-lobed crowfoot
R. tripartitus DC.

R. tripartitus DC.

Driedelige waterranonkel
Rode List: Verdwenen


R. tripartitus DC.


Driedelige waterranonkel

Renoncule tripartite

Dreitriliger Wasserhahnenfuss
R. tripartitus DC.

Dreiteliger Wasser-Hahnenfuss

R. baudotii Godr.



Brackish water-crowfoot

R. baudotii Godr. R. baudotii Godron

Zilte waterranonkel
R. baudotii Godr.

Zilte waterranonkel

Renoncule de Baudot

Brackwasserhahnenfuss
R.peltatus subsp. baudotii C.D.K.Cook

Brackwasser-Hahnenfuss
R. peltatus Schrank



Pond water-crowfoot

R. peltatus Schrank R. peltatus var peltatus Schrank

Grote waterranonkel
R. peltatus Schrank

Schildvormige waterranonkel

Renoncule peltée

Schildfömiger Wasserhahnenfuss
R. peltatus Schrank

Schild-Wasser-Hahnenfuss

(In H. = subsp peltatus, fucoides & baudotii.)
R. aquatilis L.



Common water-crowfoot

R. aquatilis L. R. aquatilis var aquatilis

Fijne waterranonkel
R. aquatilis L.

Fijne waterranonkel

Renoncule aquatique

Gemeiner Wasserhahnenfuss
R. aquatilis L.

Gewöhnlicher Wasser-Hahnenfuss
R. aquatilis var aquatilis

White water crowsfoot
R. penicillatus subsp. penicillatus (Dumort.) Bab.



Stream water-crowfoot

R. penicillatus var. penicillatus   R. penicillatus var. penicillatus  R. penicillatus subsp. penicillatus (Dumort.) Bab.

R. penicillatus subsp. pseudofluitans var. pseudofluitans (Syme) S.D.Webster



(Chalk-stream water-crowfoot)

penicillatus var. calcareus R. peltatus var. heterophyllus (Cosson & Germ.) Meijden

Var. van grote waterranonkel
R. penicillatus var. calcareus

Penseelbladige waterranonkel

Renoncule en pinceau

Pinselblättriger Wasserhahnenfuss
R. penicillatus subsp. pseudofluitans (Syme) S.D.Webster

Pinsel-Wasser-Hahnenfuss
R. penicillatus subsp. pseudofluitans var. vertumnus C.D.K.Cook



R. penicillatus var. vertumnus    
R. trichophyllus Chaix



Three-leaved water-crowfoot

R. trichophyllus Chaix R. aquatilis var diffusus Withering

Var. van Fijne waterranonkel
R. trichophyllus Chaix

Haarbladwaterranonkel

Renoncule à feulilles capillaires

Haarbblättriger Wasserhahnenfuss
R. trichophyllus subsp. eradicatus C.D.K.Cook, subsp. trichophyllus Chaix

Haarbblättriger Wasser-Hahnenfuss
R. aquatilis var diffusus Withering
R. circinatus Sibthorpe



Fan-leaved water-crowfoot

R. circinatus R. circinatus Sibth.

Stijve waterranonkel
R. circinatus Sibth.

Stijve waterranonkel

Renoncule divariquée

Spreizender Wasserhahnfuss
R. circinatus Sibth.

Spreizender Hahnfuss
 
R. fluitans Lam

River water-crowfoot
R. fluitans Lam R. fluitans Lam

Vlottende waterranonkel
Rode Lijst: Bedreigd
R. fluitans Lam

Vlottende waterranonkel

Renoncule flottante

Flutender Wasserhahenfuss
R. fluitans Lam

Flutender Hahenfuss
    R. ololeucos Lloyd

Witte waterranonkel
Rode Lijst: Bedreigd
R. ololeucos Lloyd


Witbloemige waterranonkel

Renoncule toute blanche.

Reinweisser Wasserhahnenfuss
R. ololeucos

Reinweisser Wasser-Hahnenfuss
        R. rionii

Rions Wasser-Hahnenfuss

(in H is R. trichophyllus subsp. rionii (Lagger) Soo)

Stace,C.A. 1997 New flora of the British Isles. 2nd Ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

CTW: Clapham AR, Tutin TG, Warburg EF & Moore (1987). Flora of the British Isles. Ed Edition. CUP.

Van der Meijden, Ruud. Huekels' Flora van Nederland. Wolters-Noordhof. 23e druk. 2005

Flora van België, het Groothertogdom Luxemburg, Noord-Frankrijk en de aangrenzende gebieden (Reridofyten en Spermatofjten). Langhe et al. 1983. Published by the Patrimonium van de Nationale Plantentuin van België, Meise.

Wisskirchen, R. & Haeupler H. 1998 Standardliste der Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutchlands. Herausgegeben vom Bundesamt für Naturschutz, Stuttgart.

Hegi, G. 1936- Illustrierte Flora von Mitteleuropa. München.

Flora of North America Committee 1997, Flora of North America Volume 3. OUP. pp130-132

Webster(1988), Batrachian Ranunculus in Plant Cribe (BSBI)

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