| Scientific Name | Ranunculus multifidus Forssk. | Higher Classification | Dicotyledons | Family | RANUNCULACEAE | Synonyms | Ranunculus capensis Thunb., Ranunculus forskoehlii DC. (superfluous name for R. multifidus Forssk.), Ranunculus membranaceus Fresen., Ranunculus pinnatus in sense of Oliv., not of Poir. (misapplied name), Ranunculus pinnatus Poir., Ranunculus pinnatus Poir. var. hermannii DC., Ranunculus plebeius in sense of Baker f., not of DC. (misapplied name), Ranunculus pubescens Thunb., Ranunculus pubescens Thunb. var. glabrescens Burtt Davy, Ranunculus pubescens Thunb. var. harveianus Burtt Davy | Common Names | Botterblom (a), Brandblare (a), Buttercup Flower (e), Common Buttercup (e), Geelbotterblom (a), Hlapi (ss), Ishashakazane (z), Isijojokazana (z), Kankerblare (a), Rhenoster (e), Uxhaphozi (z), Wild Buttercup (e) |
National Status | Status and Criteria | Least Concern | Assessment Date | 2015/04/10 | Assessor(s) | L. von Staden | Justification | Widespread, common and not in danger of extinction. |
Distribution | Endemism | Not endemic to South Africa | Provincial distribution | Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West, Western Cape | Range | Widespread across the wetter eastern and southern areas of South Africa, extending northwards throughout eastern tropical Africa to Arabia, and also occurring in Madagascar. |
Habitat and Ecology | Major system | Freshwater | Major habitats | Forest, Fynbos, Grassland, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna | Description | Damp grassy areas, floodplains, streamsides, open patches in temperate forests and in disturbed places such as parks, urban gardens and roadside ditches. |
Population | Population trend | Stable |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Ranunculus multifidus Forssk. | Least Concern | 2015.1 | | Ranunculus capensis Thunb. | Data Deficient (Taxonomically Problematic) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Ranunculus capensis Thunb. | Insufficiently Known | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | | Ranunculus capensis Thunb. | Uncertain | Hall et al. (1980) | |
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Hall, A.V., De Winter, M., De Winter, B. and Van Oosterhout, S.A.M. 1980. Threatened plants of southern Africa. South African National Scienctific Programmes Report 45. CSIR, Pretoria.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red data list of southern African plants. Strelitzia 4. South African National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
Manning, J.C. and Goldblatt, P. 2013. The native and naturalised species of Peltocalathos and Ranunculus (Ranunculaceae: Ranunculeae) in southern Africa. Bothalia 43(2):179-195.
Pooley, E. 2003. Mountain flowers: a field guide to the flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Sieben, E.J.J. 2009. The status and distribution of vascular plants (Magnoliophyta, Lycophyta, Pteridophyta). In: W.R.T. Darwall, K.G. Smith, D. Tweddle and P. Skelton (eds.), The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in southern Africa (pp. 83-98), IUCN and SAIAB, Gland, Switzerland and Grahamstown, South Africa.
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Citation | | von Staden, L. 2015. Ranunculus multifidus Forssk. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/14 |
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