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Ranunculus biternatus Sm.

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Ranunculus biternatus Sm. (1814)
Ranunculus biternatus Sm.

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New Zealand
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Sm.
Sm.
1814
ICN
Ranunculus biternatus Sm.
species
Ranunculus biternatus

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Ranunculales
Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus
biternatus

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Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Ranunculus biternatus Sm.

Glab. succulent herb with creeping stems rooting at the nodes. Petioles 2-10 cm. long; lamina cordate-reniform in outline, 8-25 mm. diam. or more; 3-lobed to 3-partite; segs narrow- to broad-cuneate, irregularly toothed. Peduncles stout < lvs; fls 6-9 mm. diam. Sepals 4-5, ovate, obtuse, membr.; petals 4-5, yellow, obovate-spathulate; gland 1 a little below middle. Fruiting heads globose, 7-9 mm. diam.; achenes turgid, broad-ovate in outline; style short, straight.
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Ranunculus biternatus Sm.

2n = 48
2n = 48
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Ranunculus biternatus Sm.

Glabrous perennial; rhizomes creeping. Lvs petiolate, ternatifid to ternate; lamina broadly ovate or cuneiform, 1-2 cm diam.; lobes 3-fid, acutely toothed. Fls solitary, 10-12 mm diam., on short stout scapes. Sepals spreading. Petals 5, yellow, obovate-spathulate; nectary single, c. 2 mm from petal base, covered by a short broad scale. Receptacle glabrous. Achenes 15-20, not flattened, glabrous; body 2 mm long; beak recurved, 0.8 mm long.

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Ranunculus biternatus Sm.
Ranunculus biternatus Sm.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Ranunculus biternatus Sm.
Ranunculus biternatus Sm.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Ranunculus L.
Ranunculus biternatus Sm.
Ranunculus biternatus Sm.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Ranunculus L.
Ranunculus biternatus Sm.
Ranunculus biternatus Sm.
Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1990)
Ranunculus biternatus Sm.
Ranunculus biternatus Sm.
Ranunculus biternatus Sm.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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editorial
This name has been misapplied to Ranunculus crassipes from Macquarie Island.

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6b279a57-4dec-4eac-9d6f-6750be8bf2af
scientific name
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1 January 2000
22 April 2026
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