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Ranunculus multifidus

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Identification
Ranunculus multifidus Forssk. [family RANUNCULACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for RANUNCULUS multifidus Forsk. [family RANUNCULACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1952) Author: E. MILNE-REDHEAD AND W. B. TURRILL
Names
RANUNCULUS multifidus Forsk. [family RANUNCULACEAE], Fl. Aegypt. Arab. 102 (1775); Robyns, F. P.N.A. 1: 174, tab. XV (1948); F.C.B. 2: 175 (1951). Type: Arabia, near Taäs, Forskål (C, holo.!)
RANUNCULUS pubescens Thunb. [family RANUNCULACEAE], Prod. Pl. Cap. 94 (1800). Type: Cape Province, Thunberg (UPS, holo.)
RANUNCULUS forskoehlii DC. [family RANUNCULACEAE], Syst. 1: 303 (1817–8), nom. illegit. Type: as R. multifidus Forsk.
RANUNCULUS pinnatus Poir. sec. Oliv. [family RANUNCULACEAE], F.T.A. 1: 9 (1868), non Poir.
Information
Perennial herb most often with erect stems, 1–12 cm. tall, rarely stems more or less prostrate and rooting at some of the nodes, pilose with adpressed hairs pointing upwards; flowering stems much branched in the upper part with numerous relatively small typically “ buttercup ” flowers. Leaves variable, bi- or tri-pinnatisect, the final segments coarsely and irregularly toothed, strongly to weakly hirsute or pilose. Sepals reflexed. Petals 5, yellow, 3–7 mm. long. Achenes in a spherical to slightly elongated head, persistent beak short to well developed and hooked, margin bordered, sides flat, generally with small scattered tubercles but sometimes smooth. Fig. 4/1, (p. 17).
Range
DISTR. U2–4; K3–6, T1–8 Arabia to Cape Province, and west to Nigeria and Angola
Altitude range
1170–3450 m.
Distribution
KENYA Mbagathi District , 1 mile S. of Bahati, 14 Nov. 1932, C. G. Rogers 41!TANGANYIKA Bukoba District Karagwe, Nyaishozi, Dec. 1931, Haarer 2389!UGANDA Kigezi District Behungi, 19 Dec. 1933, Thomas 1057!
Notes
VARIATION. Field investigations of populations may enable intraspecific variants to be distinguished within this widely ranging variable species. Attention is particularly called to some low-growing specimens with creeping stems from Uganda (e.g., Ruwenzori, 3210 m., Purseglove 297!)

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