| Family: | Ranunculaceae |
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| Common name: | buttercup or crowfoot family |
| Diversity: | Worldwide: ~50 genera; ~2,000 species U.S.: 21 genera PNW (Hitchcock & Cronquist): 17 genera |
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| Sexuality: | mostly bisexual, (2 dioecious genera) |
| Symmetry: | actinomorphic or zygomorphic |
| Inflorescence: | solitary, raceme, or cyme |
| Calyx (sepals): | 3 to several, separate |
| Corolla (petals): | usu. 5 or absent, separate |
| Androecium: | stamens numerous, spiral insertion |
| Gynoecium: | 3 to many carpels, separate, superior ovary (=hypogynous) |
| Fruit: | achene, follicle, or berry (rarely capsule) |
| Other features: | perianth often petaloid (indistinct calyx/corolla) petals spurred in a few genera, with nectar present |
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