Asian buttercup
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The Asian buttercup ( Ranunculus asiaticus ), whose garden forms are also called florist ranunculus , giant ranunculus or pot ranunculus, is a species of the buttercup genus ( Ranunculus ) in the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). It is used as an ornamental plant in parks and gardens and as a cut flower .
description
The Asian buttercup grows as a perennial herbaceous plant that can reach heights of up to 30 centimeters. This geophyte forms storage roots as persistence organs and rhizomes . The stem is only sparsely branched. The alternate leaves are shaped differently: The basal leaves are often undivided, but most leaves are divided, the further up the stem, the narrower. The leaf margin is serrated or serrated.
The flowering time is in spring. The hermaphroditic flowers are radial symmetry . There are five to seven brightly colored bracts . The flower colors range from white to cream to yellow, orange to salmon to carmine and from pink to purple; they can be monochrome or multicolored. The many stamens are blackish-purple, mahogany brown or light tan in color. The fruit stands are cylindrical.
The Asian buttercup is diploid with a chromosome number of 2n = 16.
Systematics and distribution
Ranunculus asiaticus was first published in 1753 by Carl von Linné in Species Plantarum . A synonym for Ranunculus asiaticus L. is Cyprianthe asiatica (L.) Freyn .
The distribution area is the eastern Mediterranean: Egypt , northern Libya , Cyprus , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Jordan , Lebanon , Syria , Turkey and Crete .
cultivation
The numerous cultivars differ in many characteristics from the wild form, especially due to the "double" flowers.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Avinoam Danin: Flora of Israel Online. Ranunculus asiaticus .
- ↑ a b c Entry in the Flora of North Cyprus .
- ↑ Jaakko Jalas, Juha Suominen (ed.): Atlas Florae Europaeae. Distribution of Vascular Plants in Europe. 8. Nymphaeaceae to Ranunculaceae. Akateeminen Kirjakauppa, The Committee for Mapping the Flora of Europe & Societas Biologica Fennica Vanamo, Helsinki 1989, ISBN 951-9108-07-6 , p. 161.
- ↑ Carl von Linné: Species Plantarum. Volume 1, Lars Salvius, Stockholm 1753, p. 552 ( digitized version ).
- ^ Ranunculus asiaticus at Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
- ↑ Ranunculus asiaticus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
