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Ranunculus

Common names: buttercup, Buttercup

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae

Regional status: native

Roles: study subject, co-occurring species, managed species

ITIS TSN: 18558

Synonyms: Ranunculus spp.

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 57 | Mentions: 65

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 76 entities)

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Publications (58)

student_paper

Biotic and abiotic drivers of pathogen prevalence in a rust fungus with multiple plant hosts

2025Role: co-occurring species

student_paper

Prevalence and severity of Melampspora lini on Linum lewisii under early snowmelt conditions

2025Role: text_match

student_paper

An analytical pipeline to support robust research on the ecology, evolution, and function of floral volatiles

2022Frontiers in Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

article

The Boechera model system for evolutionary ecology

2022American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

Documents (7)

technical report

1980

technical report

A Classification of the Riparian Vegetation of the Gunnison River Basin, Colorado

Document

Homestake Mining Company Pitch Project Environmental Statement

Document

Moist Forests

technical report

Species Endangerment Patterns in the United States

environmental assessment

Vegetation Appendix Materials for Vegetation and Wildlife Studies for the Mount Emmons Project

environmental assessment

Wetlands of the Crested Butte Region

Co-occurring Species

Delphinium

Ranunculaceae45 shared papers

Taraxacum officinale

Asteraceae39 shared papers

Potentilla

Rosaceae35 shared papers

Ipomopsis aggregata

Polemoniaceae35 shared papers

Asteraceae

Asteraceae34 shared papers

Erigeron

Asteraceae34 shared papers

Mertensia

Boraginaceae33 shared papers

Taraxacum

Asteraceae30 shared papers

Senecio

Asteraceae29 shared papers

Rosaceae

Rosaceae28 shared papers

student_paper

Effects of nestling begging behavior on parental food provisioning in the Mountain White-crowned Sparrow

2021Role: text_match

article

From the ground up: Building predictions for how climate change will affect belowground mutualisms, floral traits, and bee behavior

2021Climate Change EcologyRole: text_match

article

Lagged and dormant season climate better predict plant vital rates than climate during the growing season

2021Global Change BiologyRole: text_match

thesis

The effects of anthropogenic change on pollination in plant-pollinator communities

2021Role: text_match

article

Effects of climate change on alpine plants and their pollinators

2020Annals of the New York Academy of SciencesRole: text_match

thesis

Adaptation and diversification of bluebells Mertensia spp., Boranginaceae

2019Role: text_match

thesis

Climate change, phenological shifts, and species interactions: Case studies in subalpine plant and migratory fish populations

2019Role: text_match

article

Comparing predictive measures and model functions for estimating plant biomass: lessons from a sagebrush–rabbitbrush community

2019Plant EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Niche breadth changes in response to environmental perturbation: the impact of early snowmelt on subalpine plant-pollinator specialization

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

The impact of climate change on Rocky Mountain plant communities: Differences in floral trait along an elevational gradient of transplanted communities

2019Role: text_match

thesis

Effects of Climate Change on Plants, Pollinators and Their Interactions

2018Role: text_match

thesis

Examining the impact of pollen diet composition on bee development and lifespan

2018Role: text_match

student_paper

Impacts of drought gradient on pollen limitation in flowers in dry subalpine meadows

2018Role: text_match

article

Asteraceae pollen provisions protect Osmia mason bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) from brood parasitism

2016American NaturalistRole: text_match

thesis

Temporal ecology of a subalpine ecosystem: Plant communities, plant-pollinator interactions, & climate change.

2016Role: text_match

student_paper

The Changing Floral Color Landscape Across an Alpine Elevation Gradient

2016Role: text_match

article

An altitudinal cline in UV floral pattern corresponds with a behavioral change of a generalist pollinator assemblage

2015EcologyRole: text_match

thesis

The evolutionary ecology of ultraviolet floral pigmentation

2015Role: text_match

student_paper

Asteraceae pollen specialization affects vulnerability to brood parasitism in mason bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae).

2014Role: text_match

chapter

Phenology: An Integrative Environmental Science

2013Role: text_match

article

Plot-scale evidence of tundra vegetation change and links to recent summer warming

2012Nature Climate ChangeRole: text_match

thesis

The structure and function of subalpine ecosystems in the face of climate change

2012Role: text_match

article

Seasonal change in a pollinator community and the maintenance of style length variation in Mertensia fusiformis (Boraginaceae)

2011Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

thesis

Plant–Pollinator interactions in a changing climate

2010Role: text_match

article

Intercomparison, interpretation, and assessment of spring phenology in North America estimated from remote sensing for 1982 to 2006

2009Global Change BiologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Plant community composition with respect to species richness along an altitudinal gradient in gunnison county, co

2009Role: text_match

student_paper

Possible influence of altitude, geographical distance between sites and annual precipitation rates on species richness

2009Role: text_match

student_paper

Species richness along an elevational gradient

2009Role: text_match

thesis

The effects of mine disturbance and contamination on pollination of subalpine wildflowers

2009Role: text_match

article

The importance of interannual variation and bottom-up nitrogen enrichment for plant-pollinator networks

2009OikosRole: text_match

thesis

Bottom-up effects of nutrient enrichment on plants, pollinators, and their interactions

2008Role: text_match

student_paper

Effect of Soil Metals on Pollination of Subalpine Wildflowers

2008Role: text_match

article

Reproductive and physiological responses to simulated climate warming for four subalpine species

2007New PhytologistRole: text_match

thesis

Ecosystem responses to warming-induced plant species loss and increased nitrogen availability in a Rocky Mountain subalpine meadow

2006Role: text_match

chapter

Adaptive speciation

2004Role: text_match

thesis

The structure of plant-pollinator interactions in montane meadow environments

2004Role: text_match

article

Changes in flowering and abundance of Delphinium nuttallianum (Ranunculaceae) in response to a subalpine climate warming experiment

2003Global Change BiologyRole: text_match

article

Subalpine meadow flowering phenology responses to climate change: integrating experimental and gradient methods

2003Ecological MonographsRole: text_match

article

Flies and flowers: taxonomic diversity of anthophiles and pollinators

2001Canadian EntomologistRole: text_match

article

"Floral" scent production by Puccinia rust fungi that mimic flowers

1998Molecular EcologyRole: text_match

article

The effects of pathogen-induced pseudoflowers and buttercups on each other's insect visitation

1994EcologyRole: text_match

article

Floral mimicry by a plant pathogen

1993NatureRole: text_match

article

Pollination biology in the Snowy Mountains of Australia, with comparisons with montane Colorado, USA

1988Australian Journal of EcologyRole: text_match

article

Reciprocal transplant experiments with Delphinium nelsonii (Ranunculaceae): evidence for local adaptation

1985American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Skewed flowering distributions and pollinator attraction

1980EcologyRole: text_match

article

Caloric content of Rocky Mountain subalpine and Alpine Plants

1976Journal of Range ManagementRole: text_match

article

Behavioral and environmental factors in the spatial distribution and population dynamics of a yellow-bellied marmot population

1974EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

A preliminary study of Ranunculus inamoenus, alpeophilus and eschscholtzii

1965Role: text_match

article

Vegetation and environmental patterns in the Crested Butte area, Gunnison County, Colorado

1962Ecological MonographsRole: text_match

book

Catalogue of plants collected in Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, with descriptions of those not contained in Gray's Manual of the Northern U.S., and vol. V, Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel

1878Role: text_match

Ranunculus

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 76 entities)

Publications (58)

Biotic and abiotic drivers of pathogen prevalence in a rust fungus with multiple plant hosts

Prevalence and severity of Melampspora lini on Linum lewisii under early snowmelt conditions

Effect of Nitrogen on Linaria vulgaris and Native Species

Do dandelions compete with native plants for pollinator visits?

The causes and consequences of pollen defence

The causes and consequences of pollen defence

An analytical pipeline to support robust research on the ecology, evolution, and function of floral volatiles

The Boechera model system for evolutionary ecology

Documents (7)

1980

A Classification of the Riparian Vegetation of the Gunnison River Basin, Colorado

Homestake Mining Company Pitch Project Environmental Statement

Moist Forests

Species Endangerment Patterns in the United States

Vegetation Appendix Materials for Vegetation and Wildlife Studies for the Mount Emmons Project

Wetlands of the Crested Butte Region

Co-occurring Species

Delphinium

Taraxacum officinale

Potentilla

Ipomopsis aggregata

Asteraceae

Erigeron

Mertensia

Taraxacum

Senecio

Rosaceae

Effects of nestling begging behavior on parental food provisioning in the Mountain White-crowned Sparrow

From the ground up: Building predictions for how climate change will affect belowground mutualisms, floral traits, and bee behavior

Lagged and dormant season climate better predict plant vital rates than climate during the growing season

The effects of anthropogenic change on pollination in plant-pollinator communities

Effects of climate change on alpine plants and their pollinators

Adaptation and diversification of bluebells <i>Mertensia</i> spp., Boranginaceae

Climate change, phenological shifts, and species interactions: Case studies in subalpine plant and migratory fish populations

Comparing predictive measures and model functions for estimating plant biomass: lessons from a sagebrush–rabbitbrush community

Niche breadth changes in response to environmental perturbation: the impact of early snowmelt on subalpine plant-pollinator specialization

The impact of climate change on Rocky Mountain plant communities: Differences in floral trait along an elevational gradient of transplanted communities

Effects of Climate Change on Plants, Pollinators and Their Interactions

Examining the impact of pollen diet composition on bee development and lifespan

Impacts of drought gradient on pollen limitation in flowers in dry subalpine meadows

Asteraceae pollen provisions protect <i>Osmia</i> mason bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) from brood parasitism

Temporal ecology of a subalpine ecosystem: Plant communities, plant-pollinator interactions, & climate change.

The Changing Floral Color Landscape Across an Alpine Elevation Gradient

An altitudinal cline in UV floral pattern corresponds with a behavioral change of a generalist pollinator assemblage

The evolutionary ecology of ultraviolet floral pigmentation

Asteraceae pollen specialization affects vulnerability to brood parasitism in mason bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae).

Phenology: An Integrative Environmental Science

Plot-scale evidence of tundra vegetation change and links to recent summer warming

The structure and function of subalpine ecosystems in the face of climate change

Seasonal change in a pollinator community and the maintenance of style length variation in Mertensia fusiformis (Boraginaceae)

Plant–Pollinator interactions in a changing climate

Intercomparison, interpretation, and assessment of spring phenology in North America estimated from remote sensing for 1982 to 2006

Plant community composition with respect to species richness along an altitudinal gradient in gunnison county, co

Possible influence of altitude, geographical distance between sites and annual precipitation rates on species richness

Species richness along an elevational gradient

The effects of mine disturbance and contamination on pollination of subalpine wildflowers

The importance of interannual variation and bottom-up nitrogen enrichment for plant-pollinator networks

Bottom-up effects of nutrient enrichment on plants, pollinators, and their interactions

Effect of Soil Metals on Pollination of Subalpine Wildflowers

Reproductive and physiological responses to simulated climate warming for four subalpine species

Ecosystem responses to warming-induced plant species loss and increased nitrogen availability in a Rocky Mountain subalpine meadow

Adaptive speciation

The structure of plant-pollinator interactions in montane meadow environments

Changes in flowering and abundance of <i>Delphinium nuttallianum</i> (Ranunculaceae) in response to a subalpine climate warming experiment

Subalpine meadow flowering phenology responses to climate change: integrating experimental and gradient methods

Flies and flowers: taxonomic diversity of anthophiles and pollinators

"Floral" scent production by Puccinia rust fungi that mimic flowers

The effects of pathogen-induced pseudoflowers and buttercups on each other's insect visitation

Floral mimicry by a plant pathogen

Pollination biology in the Snowy Mountains of Australia, with comparisons with montane Colorado, USA

Reciprocal transplant experiments with Delphinium nelsonii (Ranunculaceae): evidence for local adaptation

Skewed flowering distributions and pollinator attraction

Caloric content of Rocky Mountain subalpine and Alpine Plants

Behavioral and environmental factors in the spatial distribution and population dynamics of a yellow-bellied marmot population

A preliminary study of <i>Ranunculus inamoenus</i>, <i>alpeophilus</i> and <i>eschscholtzii</i>

Vegetation and environmental patterns in the Crested Butte area, Gunnison County, Colorado

Catalogue of plants collected in Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, with descriptions of those not contained in Gray's Manual of the Northern U.S., and vol. V, Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel