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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Buttercup in English is the name of a plant defined with Allamanda cathartica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Echites verticillatus Sessé & Moc. (among others).

2) Buttercup is also identified with Caltha palustris It has the synonym Caltha cornuta Schott, Nym. & Kotschy (etc.).

3) Buttercup is also identified with Ranunculus glaberrimus It has the synonym Ranunculus glaberrimus Hook. var. typicus L.D. Benson (etc.).

4) Buttercup is also identified with Ranunculus multifidus It has the synonym Ranunculus pinnatus Sessé & Moc., nom. illeg. (etc.).

5) Buttercup is also identified with Ranunculus pensylvanicus It has the synonym Ranunculus pensylvanicus Pursh.

6) Buttercup is also identified with Ranunculus sceleratus It has the synonym Hecatonia palustris Lour. (etc.).

7) Buttercup is also identified with Turnera ulmifolia It has the synonym Turnera ulmifolia var. velutina (C. Presl) Urb. (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Helios (1891)
· Flora Cochinchinensis (1790)
· Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. (1941)
· Systema Vegetabilium ed. 15 (1819)
· Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1824)
· Mantissa Plantarum (1771)

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