此目包含7個科、199個種，以及4445個品種的開花植物。此目植物所涵蓋的範圍，從一年生和多年生的草本植物，到草本或木本藤蔓、灌木，以及為數不多的樹木。毛茛目是非正式學名為「真雙子葉植物基群（basal eudicots)）的科和目成員。這些科和其他真雙子葉植物，與單子葉植物（即monocotyledons，種子中僅有單一胚葉的植物）和被子植物基群（asal angiosperms）截然不同之處，就在於它的花粉；花粉典型具有三個開口（即colpi），而非只有一個。它們也缺乏香精油，這也成了許多開花植物基群的目之特性。在毛茛目中，花瓣似乎是由退化雄蕊（sterile stamens；即發育不全、不能生殖之雄蕊)、而非苞片（花葉)進化而成的，而此目大多數成員的心皮是沒有結合的。

毛茛目(目)　(P,,U,繁體中文-偏好,D,U,U)
mao ken mu(P,,U,韋氏拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
máo gèn mù(P,,U,漢語拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
mao gen mu(P,,U,漢語拼音(無聲調)-偏好,UF,U,U)
Ranunculales(order)　(P,,U,英文-偏好,D,U,N)
Ranunculales(order)　(P,,U,拉丁語-偏好,D,U,N)
buttercup order(,U,英文-非偏好,AD,U,U)

藝術與建築詞典根目錄
....代理者層面
........活體有機體
............真核生物 (域)
................植物界 (界)
....................被子植物門 (門)
........................木蘭綱 (綱)
............................毛茛目 (目)

source plant or animal for....

小檗屬植物染料

英文....

Order containing 7 families, 199 genera, and 4,445 species of flowering plants. Members of the order range from annual and perennial herbs to herbaceous or woody vines, shrubs, and, in a few cases, trees. Ranunculales is part of a group of families and orders informally called the basal eudicots. One of the main characteristics that distinguish these families and other eudicots from the monocotyledons (species with one embryonic leaf in their seed) and basal angiosperms is the pollen, which typically has three openings (colpi) instead of one. They also lack ethereal oils, which characterize many orders among the basal flowering plants. In Ranunculales, the petals seem to have evolved from staminodes (sterile stamens) rather than bracts (floral leaves), and the carpels are unfused in most members of the order.

毛茛目(目)............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	台灣生物多樣性資訊入口網 July 31, 2014
Ranunculales(order)............	[VP]
.................	MFA Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online (2005-)
.................	Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
.................	ITIS Report: Taxonomy online (2005-)
.................	NCBI Taxonomy Browser (2008-)
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
buttercup order............	[VP]
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

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聯合目錄： 毛茛目 、mao ken mu 、máo gèn mù 、mao gen mu 、Ranunculales 、buttercup order 、Ranunculales