List of Ranunculales of South Africa
Ranunculales is an order of flowering plants in the eudicots. It is the most basal clade in this group – it is the sister taxon to the remaining eudicots. The anthophytes are a grouping of plant taxa bearing flower-like reproductive structures. They were formerly thought to be a clade comprising plants bearing flower-like structures. The group contained the angiosperms - the extant flowering plants, such as roses and grasses - as well as the Gnetales and the extinct Bennettitales. 23,420 species of vascular plant have been recorded in South Africa, making it the sixth most  species-rich country in the world and the most species-rich country on the African continent. Of these, 153 species are considered to be threatened. Nine biomes have been described in South Africa: Fynbos, Succulent Karoo, desert, Nama Karoo, grassland, savanna, Albany thickets, the Indian Ocean coastal belt, and forests. The 2018 South African National Biodiversity Institute's National Biodiversity Assessment plant checklist lists 35,130 taxa in the phyla Anthocerotophyta (hornworts (6)), Anthophyta (flowering plants (33534)), Bryophyta (mosses (685)), Cycadophyta (cycads (42)), Lycopodiophyta (Lycophytes(45)), Marchantiophyta (liverworts (376)), Pinophyta (conifers (33)), and Pteridophyta (cryptogams (408)). Five families are represented in the  literature. Listed taxa include species, subspecies, varieties, and forms as recorded, some of which have subsequently been allocated to other taxa as synonyms, in which cases the accepted taxon is appended to the listing. Multiple entries under alternative names reflect taxonomic revision over time. Berberidaceae. Family: Berberidaceae, Berberis. Genus "Berberis": Mahonia. Genus "Mahonia": Nandina. Genus "Nandina": Fumariaceae. Family: Fumariaceae, Cysticapnos. Genus "Cysticapnos": Discocapnos. Genus "Discocapnos": Fumaria. Genus "Fumaria": Phacocapnos. Genus "Phacocapnos": Trigonocapnos. Genus "Trigonocapnos": Menispermaceae. Family: Menispermaceae, Albertisia. Genus "Albertisia": Antizoma. Genus "Antizoma": Cissampelos. Genus "Cissampelos": Cocculus. Genus "Cocculus": Stephania. Genus "Stephania": Tiliacora. Genus "Tiliacora": Tinospora. Genus "Tinospora": Papaveraceae. Argemone . Genus "Argemone": Bocconia. Genus "Bocconia": Eschscholzia. Genus "Eschscholzia": Glaucium. Genus "Glaucium": Papaver. Genus "Papaver": Ranunculaceae. Adonis. Genus "Adonis": Anamenia. Genus "Anamenia": Anemone. Genus "Anemone": Atragene. Genus "Atragene": Batrachium. Genus "Batrachium": Clematis. Genus "Clematis": Clematopsis. Genus "Clematopsis": Knowltonia. Genus "Knowltonia": Myosurus. Genus "Myosurus": Peltocalathos. Genus "Peltocalathos": Pulsatilla. Genus "Pulsatilla": Ranunculus. Genus "Ranunculus": Thalictrum. Genus "Thalictrum":