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[Early-diverging eudicots]
Ranunculaceae (buttercup family)

Ranunculaceae turn up in the angiosperm phylogenetic tree among the "early-diverging" dicots, separate from the eudicots.

The family includes buttercups, anemones, etc. Not represented on Guam.


Caltha palustris, marsh marigold (the yellow flowers), in a bog in
the Austrian Alps, near Lünersee.

On-line sources

U. Wisconsin Plant Systematics: Ranunculaceae