Ranunculus are a colorful genus of flowers that include buttercups, spearworts, water crowfoots and celandine. Typically Ranunculus have five petals, but occasionally more.
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| Ranunculus image courtesy of Joydeep Sen Sarma |
The name Ranunculus is Latin for "little frog" and might refer to the many species of flowers found near water, similar to frogs.
The images below of Ranunculus were captured under the
U2 biological microscope using a
5 megapixel microscope camera.
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| Ranunculus under the microscope at 40x magnification. |
The Ranunculus prepared microscope slide is part of the
Fruit and Flower microscope prepared slide kit available from Microscope World.
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| Ranunculus under the microscope at 100x magnification. |
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| Ranunculus under the microscope at 400x magnification. |
