Family |
Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus neocuneatus
C.C.Towns.
Ranunculus neocuneatus C.C.Towns.
First published in Taxon 16: 467 (1967).
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 2, p. 38, Pl. XIV, 1; 1970)
Description
Synonyms: Ranunculus cuneatus Boiss., the name used by Mouterde.
Life-form & habit: Perennial with dark cylindrical tuberous roots. Stem usually solitary, 20–40 cm tall, somewhat branched and shortly hairy.
Leaves: Basal leaves more or less hairy, wedge-shaped or rounded at the base, rarely slightly heart-shaped, and rather deeply divided into three lobes. The central lobe ends in three blunt lobules, occasionally further lobed.
Inflorescence & flowers: Sepals green and reflexed.
Fruit: Oval fruiting heads. Achenes with a tuberculate face, a distinct green, slightly grooved margin and a slightly curved beak.
Flowering and habitat
Phenology: April–May.
Habitat & elevation: Mountain regions.
Distribution
Lebanese distribution: Jabal Barouk, Maasser, Dahr el Baidar, Moukhada, Ain Geddaie, the Cedars of Hadeth, the Cedars, Berkacha, Hasroun, Ehden, Ainata and south of Ainata, above Zahle, Zahle and Masnaa.
Syrian distribution: Wadi el Qarn, Talaat Moussa and Tell Jinah.
Recorded locations: Sannine.
Native range: Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine and Türkiye.
⚠️ Taxonomic note:
Kew accepts Ranunculus neocuneatus and places Mouterde’s R. cuneatus Boiss. in synonymy, marking the latter as an illegitimate later homonym.