; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 548 (1753)
Distribution: Cosmopolitan, chiefly cold or temperate regions and montane areas of the tropics [1627 species and 47 hybrids in list]. The Ranunculus auricomus aggregate alone contains > 1000 microspecies.
= Aphanostemma A.St.-Hil.; Fl. Bras. Merid. [A.St.-Hil.] 1: 12 (1824)
= Aspidophyllum Ulbr.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 268 (1922)
= Batrachium (DC.) Gray; Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 720 (1821)
= Buschia Ovcz.; Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 25: 339 (1940)
= Casalea A.St.-Hil.; Fl. Bras. Merid. [A.St.-Hil.] 1: 8, t. 1 (1825)
= Cynomorbium Opiz; Fl. Caslav. 3: 255 (1804)
= Cyprianthe Spach; Hist. Nat. Vég. [Spach] 7: 220 (1838)
= Flammula (Webb ex Spach) Fourr.; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Sér. 2, 16: 324 (1868)
= Gampsoceras Steven; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 25(1): 541 (1852)
= Glossophyllum Fourr.; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Sér. 2, 16: 325 (1868)
= Hecatonia Lour.; Fl. Cochinch. 302 (1790)
= Hericinia Fourr.; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Sér. 2, 16: 325 (1868)
= Ionosmanthus Jord. & Fourr.; Icon. Fl. Eur. [Jordan & Fourreau] 2: 13 (1869)
= Kumlienia Greene; Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 337 (1885)
= Leuconoe Fourr.; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Sér. 2, 16: 323 (1868)
= Notophilus Fourr.; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Sér. 2, 16: 325 (1868)
= Pachyloma Spach; Hist. Nat. Vég. [Spach] 7: 194 (1838)
= Pfundia Opiz; Seznam 73 (1852)
= Ranula Fourr.; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Sér. 2, 16: 324 (1868)
= Ranunculastrum Heist. ex Fabr.; Enum. [Fabricius], ed. 2: 272 (1763)
= Rhopalopodium Ulbr.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 253 (1922)
= Scotanum Adans.; Fam. Pl. [Adanson] 2: 459 (1763)
= Stylurus Raf.; Fl. Ludov. 27 (1817)
= Thora Hill; Brit. Herb. [Hill] 29 (1756)
= Xerodera Fourr.; Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, Sér. 2, 16: 324 (1868)
= Xiphocoma Steven; Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 21(2): 270, in textu (1848), et 25(1): 537, t. 7 (1852)