| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Magnoliidae | Includes magnolias, nutmeg, bay laurel, cinnamon, avocado, black pepper, and many others |
| Order | Ranunculales | Basal (evolved earlier) eudicots, also called “true dicots” |
| Family | Ranunculaceae | Buttercup family |
| Genus | Ranunculus | From Latin rana, “little frog,” because many species grow in moist places |
| Species | fascicularis | "Clustered, growing in bundles" (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow var. apricus (Greene) Fernald
Ranunculus fascicularis Muhl. ex Bigelow var. typicus L.D. Benson
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