Ranunculaceae
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Ranunculaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - Herbs, or rarely climbing shrubs, with acrid sap. Leaves alternate (except in Clematis and Atragene). Stipules usually none, but tbe base of the petiole often sheathing'. Pubescence, when present, composed of simple hairs. Sepals 3-15, generally caducous, often petal-like, imbricate, except in Clematis and Atragene. Petals about the same number (occasionally more), or wanting. Stamens co, hypogynous, their anthers innate. Carpels oo or rarely solitary, 1-celled, 1-many-ovuled. Ovules anatropous. Fruit achenes, follicles or berries. Seeds with endosperm. About 35 genera and 1100 species, distributed throughout the world, not abundant in the tropics.