Ranunculus nipponicus explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ranunculus nipponicus (Makino & Nemoto) Nakai Plants of the World Online Kew Science . 2024-05-13 . Plants of the World Online . en.
  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 . 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.14.1201a.

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