Template:BotanyBox/Ranunculus sp.

BotanyBox/Ranunculus sp.
The buttercup (Ranunculus acris) it is associated with an ancient Chinese magical drug.
Taxonomical nomenclature
Kingdom Plantae
Unranked Angiosperms
Unranked Eudicots
Unranked Rosids
Order Ranunculales
Family Ranunculaceae
Genus Ranunculus
Common nomenclature
Common names Buttercup, shui lang (Chinese) and maoken (Chinese)
Constituents
Active constituents Yangonin (in some species)[1]