Caltha
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| Caltha | |
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| Caltha palustris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Ranunculaceae |
| Genus: | Caltha L. |
| Type species | |
| Caltha palustris L. | |
| Synonyms [1][2] | |
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Thacla Spach | |
Caltha is a genus of rhizomatous perennial flowering plants in the family Ranunculaceae ("buttercup family"), native to wet areas in temperate and cold regions of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.[2] Their leaves are generally heart-shaped or kidney-shaped, and are characteristically diplophyllous (the auricles of the leaf blades form distinctly inflexed appendages).[2] There are 10 species:[2]
- Caltha alba
- Caltha appendiculata
- Caltha dionaeifolia
- Caltha introloba
- Caltha leptosepala
- Caltha natans
- Caltha novae-zelandiae
- Caltha obtusa
- Caltha palustris
- Caltha sagittata
- Caltha scaposa
References
- ↑ "Caltha L.". Panarctic Flora. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Eric Schuettpelz & Sara B. Hoot (2004). "Phylogeny and biogeography of Caltha (Ranunculaceae) based on chloroplast and nuclear DNA sequences". American Journal of Botany 91 (2): 247–253. doi:10.3732/ajb.91.2.247.
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