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(Ranunculaceae), a newly naturalised species in Aotearoa \/ New Zealand<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6699-7083\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6699-7083\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6699-7083\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6699-7083\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9135-3845\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"wp-image-5587\" style=\"width: 20px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image.png\" alt=\"\"><\/a> Marley Ford, William A. Reinders, <a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7368-013X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"wp-image-5587\" style=\"width: 20px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image.png\" alt=\"\"><\/a> Carlos A. Lehnebach<br><br>Affiliations:<br><sup>1<\/sup> School of Environmental and Animal Sciences, Unitec, Private Bag 92025, Victoria St West,<br>Auckland 1145, New Zealand.<br><sup>2<\/sup> Independent researcher, Christchurch, New Zealand. <br><sup>3<\/sup> Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, PO Box 467, Wellington, New Zealand. <br><sup>*<\/sup> Corresponding author: <a href=\"mailto:mfor426@aucklanduni.ac.nz\">mfor426@aucklanduni.ac.nz<\/a><br><br>Received: 14 August 2025 | Accepted: 25 September 2025 | Published: 30 November 2025<br>Senior Editor: Peter de Lange<br><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.34074\/pibs.01002\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.34074\/pibs.01002<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PIBS-Ford-etal-2025.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"7777\">Download PDF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br>The Mediterranean species <em>Ranunculus trilobus<\/em> Desf. (Ranunculaceae) is reported here for the first time as naturalised in Aotearoa \/ New Zealand. The new exotic was initially reported on the citizen science network iNaturalist during a COVID-19 lockdown in T\u0101maki Makaurau \/ Auckland (1 September\u201315 December 2021). Since then, additional records have been confirmed from other localities in T\u0101maki Makaurau \/ Auckland and Te Tai Tokerau \/ Northland. <em>Ranunculus trilobus <\/em>is illustrated here, and a key is provided to distinguish it from other exotic Ranunculus species present in Aotearoa \/ New Zealand. This discovery highlights the important role both community science and herbaria can play in biodiversity research, and how COVID-19 lockdowns indirectly contributed to botanical discoveries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cite as<\/strong><br>Ford, M., Reinders, W. A., Lehnebach, C. A. (2025). <em>Ranunculus trilobus<\/em> Desf. (Ranunculaceae), a newly naturalised species in Aotearoa \/ New Zealand. <em>Perspectives in Biosecurity<\/em>, 10: 10\u201321. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.34074\/pibs.01002\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.34074\/pibs.01002<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research paper Volume 10 Ranunculus trilobus Desf. (Ranunculaceae), a newly naturalised species in Aotearoa \/ New Zealand Marley Ford, William A. Reinders, Carlos A. 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