Forest buttercup
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Forest buttercup ( Ranunculus nemorosus ) |
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The forest buttercup ( Ranunculus nemorosus ), also known as the grove buttercup , is a species of the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). It belongs to a group of buttercup species that are difficult to distinguish and is therefore better classified as subspecies. nemorosus (DC.) Schübl. & Martens to Ranunculus polyanthemos L. (or as subsp. Nemorosus (DC.) G.López to Ranunculus serpens cupboard ).
description
The perennial, herbaceous plant reaches heights of 10 to 80 centimeters. The basal leaves are three-columned; the stem leaves split into narrow lanceolate sections. The yellow, radially symmetrical , hermaphrodite flowers appear from May to July.
The species is diploid, the number of chromosomes is 2n = 16.
Occurrence
Deciduous forests, especially spruce-fir-beech forests, and poor meadows from the montane to subalpine altitude are preferred as locations. It occurs in Central Europe in societies of the Carpinion, Cephalanthero-Fagion, Alno-Ulmion or the Galio-Abietenion, but also in grasslands of the Mesobromion, Molinion, Violion or in mountain meadows or pastures (Cynosurion, Polygono-Trisetion). In the Allgäu Alps, it rises on Koblat near Nebelhorn in Bavaria up to 2030 m above sea level.
The clan is widespread in Central Europe and Northern Southern Europe.
literature
- Wolfgang Adler, Karl Oswald, Raimund Fischer: Excursion flora of Austria. Ed .: Manfred A. Fischer . Ulmer, Stuttgart / Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-8001-3461-6 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Erich Oberdorfer : Plant-sociological excursion flora for Germany and neighboring areas . 8th edition, pages 410-411. Stuttgart, Verlag Eugen Ulmer, 2001. ISBN 3-8001-3131-5 .
- ↑ Erhard Dörr, Wolfgang Lippert : Flora of the Allgäu and its surroundings. Volume 1, IHW, Eching 2001, ISBN 3-930167-50-6 , p. 538.
- ↑ Jaakko Jalas, Juha Suominen: Atlas florae europaeae . Volume 8 (Nymphaeaceae to Ranunculaceae). Page 121, Helsinki 1989. ISBN 951-9108-07-6 .
Web links
- Forest buttercup. In: FloraWeb.de.
- Forest buttercup . In: BiolFlor, the database of biological-ecological characteristics of the flora of Germany.
- Profile and distribution map for Bavaria . In: Botanical Information Hub of Bavaria .
- Ranunculus nemorosus aggr. In: Info Flora , the national data and information center for Swiss flora . Retrieved October 20, 2015.
- Distribution in the northern hemisphere according to Hultén
- Thomas Meyer: Data sheet with identification key and photos at Flora-de: Flora von Deutschland (old name of the website: Flowers in Swabia )
