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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Ranunculaceae |
| Genus: | Ranunculus |
| Species: | R. nipponicus
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| Ranunculus nipponicus (Makino & Nemoto) Nakai
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References
edit- ^ "Ranunculus nipponicus (Makino & Nemoto) Nakai | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
- ^ 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.
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