Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ficaria verna ssp. fertilis
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
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INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ranunculus ficaria
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ficaria verna ssp. calthifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Ranunculus ficaria
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Ficaria verna ssp. fertilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Notes on systematics and taxonomy for the Italian vascular flora (Banfi, Galasso, & Soldano; 2011)
Ficaria fertilis
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Ranunculus ficaria var. bulbifera
SYNONYMOUS WITH Ranunculus ficaria sensu lato (Sell, 1994)
Ranunculus ficaria ssp. ficaria
COMMON NAME:
Fig Buttercup, Lesser Celandine, Pilewort
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Sturm, Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen wik_r_ficaria_sturm59
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ficaria verna ssp. fertilis
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ranunculus ficaria
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ficaria verna ssp. calthifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Ranunculus ficaria
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Ficaria verna ssp. fertilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Notes on systematics and taxonomy for the Italian vascular flora (Banfi, Galasso, & Soldano; 2011)
Ficaria fertilis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Ranunculus ficaria var. bulbifera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Ranunculus ficaria sensu lato (Sell, 1994)
Ranunculus ficaria ssp. ficaria
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