Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador
Ranunculaceae/Renonculacées - Buttercup Family
Coptidium lapponicum (L.) Gand. ex Rydb.
En: Lapland buttercup
Fr: renoncule de Laponie
Provincial Status: LN
Range: Circumpolar; S to w/cLab.; acid.

[=Ranunculus lapponicus L. (basionym)]
[=Coptidium lapponicum (L.) A.Love & D.Love 1961, nom. illeg. isonym., non (L.) Gand. ex Rydb. 1917]
[=Coptidium lapponicum (L.) A.Love & D.Love ex Tzvelev 1994, nom. illeg. isonym., non (L.) Gand. ex Rydb. 1917]

[Coptidium lapponicum was reported from only one Nfld. site: a boggy plateau near Grand Lake, wNfld.; it was last found in 1956 (Bouchard et al. 1991, reported as Ranunculus lapponicus). Coptidium lapponicum occurs in Labrador, but is easily overlooked due to its small size.]

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