Ranunculaceae

R. grandiflorus L., Sp. PI. 555 (1753). Syn: R. elegans C. Koch in Linnaea 15: 248 (1841)! R. anemonefolius DC, Syst. 1:282 (1817), non R. anemonaefolius Poiret (1816); R. armeniacus Boiss. & Huet in Boiss., Diagn. ser. 2(5): 9 (1856)! I?: Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 11: 277, t. 31 (1808); Grossh., Fl. Kavk. ed. 2, 4: t. 7, f. 9 (1950), as R. szowitsianus Boiss. Figures 3, 5, pp. 155, 173. Perennial. 5-35 cm. Stems branched, glabrous or adpressed pilose. Radical leaves trisect, segments narrowly cuneate, deeply divided into forward-pointing, oblong-lanceolate, often dentate lobes, glabrous or adpressed-pilose. Peduncles terete. Sepals strongly reflexed. Petals 8-14 mm. Torus glabrous. Achenes 40-60, broadly obovate, compressed, 2.5-3 mm, scarcely keeled; beak uncinate, 0.5-0.75 mm. Fl. 5-6. Water meadows, near springs and melting snow, 1600-2200 m, very abundant on the Kars highlands.
Type: 'Ranunculus cappadocicus aconitifolio flore Iuteo maximo, Tournefort (P!).
Anti-Taurus, Cilician Taurus, N.E. Anatolia. A7 Giresun: Alucra, 1300 m, St. & Hend. 5064! Gümüşane: Elias Da., Sint. 1889: 6057! A8 Gümüşane/Er-zurum: Taşköprü, between Bayburt and Erzurum, 5 v 1853, Huet! A9 Kars: Ardahan to Yalnizçam, 1900 m, D. 29602! C5 lçel: above Tyrtar on way to Dumbelek, Siehe 1909: 524! Konya: Dumbelek pass on way to Dumbelek, 1900 m, Siehe 1909: 227! C6 Seyhan: Kuru Da., Zeytun, 1600 m, Balls 1026!
Transcaucasia. Outside Turkey the species intergrades with R. georgicus Kem.-Nath. (cf. Davis, op. cit. 114). Examination of the type in Paris has established the correct application of Linnaeus's binomial, R. grandiflorus.