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This species is accepted, and its native range is Balkan Peninsula to China, N. & S. Africa.

Native to:

Afghanistan, Botswana, Bulgaria, Cape Provinces, Cyprus, Egypt, Free State, Greece, Iran, Iraq, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Tibet, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, West Himalaya, Yugoslavia

Ranunculus sphaerospermus Boiss. & Blanche appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Mar 11, 2011 Day, C.D. [s.n.], Turkey K000341578

First published in P.E.Boissier, Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 5: 6 (1856)

Accepted by

  • Danin, A. & Fragman- Sapir, O. (2019). Flora of Israel Online http://flora.org.il/en/plants/.
  • Vladimirov, V., Aybeke, M. & Kit Tan (2018). New floristic records in the Balkans: 35 Phytologia Balcanica 24: 155-174.
  • Wiegleb, G. & al. (2017). A taxonomic account of Ranunculus section Batrachium (Ranunculaceae) Phytotaxa 319: 1-55.
  • Srivastava, S.K. (2010). Revision of genus Ranunculus L. (Ranunculaceae) in India Taiwania 55: 273-314.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1993). Flora Europaea ed. 2, 1: 1-581. Cambridge University Press.
  • Townsend, C.C. & Guest, E. (eds.) (1980). Flora of Iraq 4(2): 628-1199. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.

Not accepted by

  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2013). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 5: 1-451. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève. [Cited as Ranunculus peltatus subsp. sphaerospermus.]

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Danin, A. & Fragman- Sapir, O. (2019). Flora of Israel Online http://flora.org.il/en/plants/.
  • Vladimirov, V., Aybeke, M. & Kit Tan (2018). New floristic records in the Balkans: 35 Phytologia Balcanica 24: 155-174.
  • Wiegleb, G. & al. (2017). A taxonomic account of Ranunculus section Batrachium (Ranunculaceae) Phytotaxa 319: 1-55.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2013). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 5: 1-451. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Srivastava, S.K. (2010). Revision of genus Ranunculus L. (Ranunculaceae) in India Taiwania 55: 273-314.
  • Boulos, L. (1999). Flora of Egypt 1: 1-419. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Collenette, S. (1999). Wildflowers of Saudi Arabia: 1-799. National commission for wildlife conservation and development (NCWCD), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1993). Flora Europaea ed. 2, 1: 1-581. Cambridge University Press.
  • M.Iranshahr, K.H.Rechinger, H.Riedl (1992). Flora Iranica 171: 1-249. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Meikle, R.D. (1977). Flora of Cyprus 1: 1-832. The Bentham-Moxon Trust Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0