Ranunculus nipponicus is a species of aquatic flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae. It is native to east Russia and Japan.[1] The species has been proposed to be useful for cleaning-up nitrate-contaminated groundwater as the shoots can actively uptake nitrate from cool (15 °C) water.[2]

Ranunculus nipponicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Ranunculus
Species:
R. nipponicus
Binomial name
Ranunculus nipponicus
(Makino & Nemoto) Nakai

References

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  1. ^ "Ranunculus nipponicus (Makino & Nemoto) Nakai | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
  2. ^ Takayanagi, Shu; Takagi, Yuma; Hasegawa, Hiroshi (2015). "The shoot of Ranunculus nipponicus var. submersus, a submerged vascular plant, can actively take up nitrate from cool water". Plant Biotechnology. 32 (1): 97–102. doi:10.5511/plantbiotechnology.14.1201a.