Ranunculales

Ranunculales Temporal range: 124–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Cretaceous–Recent
Ranunculus repens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl[1]
Families
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Ranunculales is an order of flowering plants. Of necessity it contains the family Ranunculaceae, the buttercup family, because the name of the order is based on the name of a genus in that family. Ranunculales belongs to a paraphyletic group known as the basal eudicots. It is the most basal clade in this group; in other words, it is sister to the remaining eudicots. Widely known members include poppies, barberries, hellebores, and buttercups.