Ranunculus longirostris, the longbeak buttercup,[2] is an aquatic plant in the buttercup family.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Ranunculaceae |
| Genus: | Ranunculus |
| Species: | R. longirostris
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| Ranunculus longirostris | |
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This species is native to Canada and the United States, where it is widespread. However, it is absent from most of the Southeastern United States.[3] It is found in a diversity of freshwater aquatic habitats, often in streams with slow moving water.[4]
There has been some difficulty in separating this species from the closely related Ranunculus trichophyllus, due in part to the lack of preservation of critical features on herbarium specimens.[5]
References
edit- ^ Accepted name for R. longirostris Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 21 Dec 2011
- ^ a b NRCS. "Ranunculus longirostris". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Ranunculus longirostris". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ "Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States".
- ^ University of Michigan Herbarium
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