Ranunculus acraeus — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus

At a glance

Occurrence records25

Data sources3

Biological traits2

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources3 archives

Databases and archives Ranunculus acraeus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility25 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources2 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF25 records

01Narrative

Ranunculus acraeus is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, found in New Zealand. This rare and native species strictly grows on an alpine habitat, hence the name acraeus, meaning “on high”. The plant grows about 50 cm in width, and is covered in beautiful, bright yellow flowers. It may be mistaken for R. piliferus but research has shown R. acraeus to be its own distinctive species.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVP

Life cycle & reproduction1

Life formperennial

Habitat & environment1

Climatesubalpine or subarctic

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type25 records

Wild obs. + sensor19

Museum / vouchered6

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO96 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy5% within 1 km

≤100 m 1>10 km 18

19 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor19

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 6 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence6

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions1 of 1 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Christchurch, NZ	6

1 institutions · 6 of 6 vouchered records shown