| 1 | Basal leaves 3-lobed. |  | (2) | 
  | + | Basal leaves 3-partite, 3-sect, or ternate. |  | (24) | 
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  | 2 (1) | Petals abaxially puberulent |  | 63 R. hamiensis | 
  | + | Petals glabrous. |  | (3) | 
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  | 3 (2) | Petal nectary pit with a scale |  | 75 R. xinningensis | 
  | + | Petal nectary pit without scale. |  | (4) | 
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  | 4 (3) | Carpels and achenes puberulent. |  | (5) | 
  | + | Carpels and achenes glabrous. |  | (9) | 
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  | 5 (4) | Fibrous roots subequally thick. |  | (6) | 
  | + | Fibrous roots thickened at base. |  | (7) | 
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  | 6 (5) | Basal leaves 1(--3), blade thinly papery, reniform, rarely orbicular-ovate, 2--5 cm wide, base usually cordate; stem leaves 3--7-sect; style shorter than ovary |  | 59 R. monophyllus | 
  | + | Basal leaves ca. 4, blade leathery, suborbicular or orbicular-ovate, 0.8--1.4 cm wide, base subcordate; stem leaves 3-lobed or 3-sect; styles 2 × as long as ovary |  | 73 R. pseudolobatus | 
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  | 7 (5) | Blade of basal leaves flabellate or flabellate-ovate, base subtruncate to cuneate |  | 64 R. felixii | 
  | + | Blade of basal leaves pentagonal or reniform, base cordate. |  | (8) | 
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  | 8 (7) | Stem leaves 3-sect; style 0.6--1 mm |  | 71 R. dielsianus | 
  | + | Stem leaves 3-lobed; style ca. 0.4 mm |  | 72 R. limprichtii | 
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  | 9 (4) | Leaves glabrous. |  | (10) | 
  | + | Leaves puberulent. |  | (17) | 
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  | 10 (9) | Plants aquatic; petals 2.5--4.2 mm; style up to 0.1 mm. |  | (11) | 
  | + | Plants of alpine meadows or grassy slopes; petals 5.5--13 mm; style 0.5--0.7 mm. |  | (12) | 
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  | 11 (10) | Stems 10--40 cm, glabrous; receptacle puberulent; aggregate fruit 5--6 mm in diam. |  | 84 R. natans | 
  | + | Stems 3--5 cm, subglabrous or sparsely puberulent; receptacle glabrous; aggregate fruit 3--4 mm in diam. |  | 85 R. intramongolicus | 
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  | 12 (10) | Blade of basal leaves up to 3--3.5 cm wide, lateral lobes with 3--6 rounded teeth; petals 9--17 mm wide. |  | (13) | 
  | + | Blade of basal leaves up to 1.4 cm wide, lateral lobes entire; petals 2.5--8.5 mm wide. |  | (14) | 
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  | 13 (12) | Sepals abaxially yellowish puberulent |  | 60 R. albertii | 
  | + | Sepals abaxially black-brown puberulent |  | 61 R. transiliensis | 
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  | 14 (12) | Petal apex emarginate |  | 54 R. yechengensis | 
  | + | Petal apex rounded. |  | (15) | 
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  | 15 (14) | Stem leaves undivided, lanceolate, 3-sect sometimes only in R. nephelogenes var. geniculatus |  | 56 R. nephelogenes | 
  | + | Stem leaves 3-partite or 3-sect. |  | (16) | 
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  | 16 (15) | Blades of basal leaves trapeziform-ovate, 0.8--2 cm wide, base subtruncate or truncate-cordate, |  | 43 R. popovii | 
  | + | Blades of basal leaves ovate or narrowly obovate, 0.5--0.9 cm wide, base broadly cuneate or rounded |  | 51 R. pulchellus | 
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  | 17 (9) | Basal leaf blade bases cuneate. |  | (18) | 
  | + | Basal leaf blade bases cordate, rounded, or broadly cuneate. |  | (19) | 
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  | 18 (17) | Basal leaf blade broadly cuneate or obovate, up to 1.5 cm; flowers solitary |  | 48 R. yaoanus | 
  | + | Basal leaf blade narrowly oblong or lanceolate-linear, 2--6 cm; flowers solitary or 2 or 3 in a terminal monochasium |  | 57 R. membranaceus | 
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  | 19 (17) | Basal leaf blade bases cordate. |  | (20) | 
  | + | Basal leaf blade bases rounded or broadly cuneate. |  | (21) | 
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  | 20 (19) | Stems 19--24 cm; basal leaves 1.6--2.4 cm wide, adaxially sparsely puberulent, abaxially glabrous; receptacle puberulent; petals obovate, 5--6.5 × 4.5--7 mm |  | 68 R. menyuanensis | 
  | + | Stems 5.5--8.5 cm; basal leaves 0.6--1 cm wide, adaxially glabrous, abaxially strigose; receptacle glabrous; petals flabellate or broadly obovate, 6--7.5 × 6--9.5 mm |  | 70 R. zhungdianensis | 
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  | 21 (19) | Lateral lobe of basal leaf with up to 4 obliquely triangular locules |  | 44 R. pectinatilobus | 
  | + | Lateral lobe of basal leaf undivided or 2-lobed. |  | (22) | 
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  | 22 (21) | Stems and leaves drying blackish; basal leaves densely appressed ciliate at margin |  | 53 R. densiciliatus | 
  | + | Stems and leaves not drying blackish; basal leaves not ciliate or with sparse spreading hairs. |  | (23) | 
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  | 23 (22) | Lateral lobes of basal leaves unequally 2-lobed |  | 43 R. popovii | 
  | + | Lateral lobes of basal leaves usually undivided |  | 69 R. dongrergensis | 
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  | 24 (1) | Basal leaves ternate. |  | (25) | 
  | + | Basal leaves 3-partite or 3-sect. |  | (38) | 
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  | 25 (24) | Carpels and achenes puberulent. |  | (26) | 
  | + | Carpels and achenes glabrous. |  | (29) | 
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  | 26 (25) | Stems 20--30 cm; leaflets 2 or 3 × dissected, ultimate lobules subfiliform; flowers 2 or 3 in a monochasium |  | 50 R. nematolobus | 
  | + | Stems 4.5--16 cm; leaflets with ultimate lobules ovate, narrowly ovate, or oblong; flowers solitary. |  | (27) | 
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  | 27 (26) | Receptacle puberulent; petals broadly obovate, 8--12 × 6--10 mm |  | 31 R. gelidus | 
  | + | Receptacle glabrous; petals narrowly obovate or cuneate, 5.8--6.5 × 2.6--4 mm. |  | (28) | 
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  | 28 (27) | Basal leaves abaxially sericeous, central leaflet 3-lobed |  | 35 R. stenorhynchus | 
  | + | Basal leaves adaxially glabrous, central leaflet 3-partite or 3-sect |  | 39 R. polii | 
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  | 29 (25) | Stolons present, ca. 20 cm, strigose; flowers 2 in terminal monochasium |  | 40 R. yanshanensis | 
  | + | Stolons absent; flowers solitary, terminal or leaf-opposed. |  | (30) | 
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  | 30 (29) | Sepals completely or partly dark purple. |  | (31) | 
  | + | Sepals greenish. |  | (32) | 
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  | 31 (30) | Sepals uniformly dark purple; longest petiole 6--8.5 cm; leaf blade glabrous |  | 32 R. rufosepalus | 
  | + | Sepals with purple margins; longest petiole 2--5 cm; leaf blade sparsely pubescent |  | 33 R. adoxifolius | 
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  | 32 (30) | Petals 3 or 4, cuneate or cuneate-obovate; leaflets 1 or 2 × dissected, ultimate lobules lanceolate-linear; |  | 49 R. jingyuanensis | 
  | + | Petals 5; leaflets not as dissected, ultimate lobules ovate or narrowly ovate. |  | (33) | 
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  | 33 (32) | Stamens 5--14. |  | (34) | 
  | + | Stamens many. |  | (35) | 
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  | 34 (33) | Fibrous roots thick at base; stamens 7--14 |  | 34 R. mainlingensis | 
  | + | Fibrous roots uniformly thick; stamens 5 |  | 48 R. yaoanus | 
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  | 35 (33) | Petiole 8--15 cm; basal leaves ca. 2. |  | (36) | 
  | + | Petiole 2--6.5 cm; basal leaves 3--8. |  | (37) | 
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  | 36 (35) | Leaf blade appressed puberulent, terminal segment irregularly 3-fid; petals 7--12 × 6--10 mm, obovate-orbicular |  | 36 R. formosa-montanus | 
  | + | Leaf blade glabrous or nearly so, terminal segment pinnatifid; petals 9--12 × 4--6 mm, narrowly obovate |  | 38 R. morii | 
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  | 37 (35) | Stem very slender, trailing and rooting from upper nodes; basal leaves ca. 3 |  | 37 R. matsudae | 
  | + | Stem erect, not rooting from upper nodes; basal leaves 4--8, |  | 39 R. polii | 
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  | 38 (24) | Basal leaves 3-sect. |  | (39) | 
  | + | Basal leaves 3-partite. |  | (66) | 
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  | 39 (38) | Carpels and achenes puberulent. |  | (40) | 
  | + | Carpels and achenes glabrous. |  | (45) | 
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  | 40 (39) | Flowers in a monochasium. |  | (41) | 
  | + | Flowers solitary. |  | (42) | 
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  | 41 (40) | Blades of basal leaves up to 4 cm wide; central segment 3-lobed, lobes ovate |  | 25 R. hirtellus | 
  | + | Blades of basal leaves up to 2(--3.4) cm; central segment usually 2 × dissected, ultimate lobules linear-lanceolate |  | 47 R. tanguticus | 
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  | 42 (40) | Petals puberulent adaxially near nectary pit |  | 3 R. polyrhizos | 
  | + | Petals glabrous. |  | (43) | 
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  | 43 (42) | Stems 20--26 cm, mostly glabrous, sparsely puberulent only near apex; basal leaf 1 |  | 59 R. monophyllus | 
  | + | Stems 5--14 cm, puberulent; basal leaves 3--5. |  | (44) | 
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  | 44 (43) | Leaf hairs 0.8--1 mm; flower ca. 1 cm in diam. |  | 25 R. hirtellus | 
  | + | Leaf hairs 0.3--0.6 mm; flower 1.7--2 cm in diam. |  | 31 R. gelidus | 
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  | 45 (39) | Leaves all basal; scape 4.5--7 mm |  | 30 R. oreionannos | 
  | + | Leaves basal and stem; stems taller. |  | (46) | 
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  | 46 (45) | Basal leaves leathery, glabrous, or only adaxially puberulent. |  | (47) | 
  | + | Basal leaves papery or herbaceous. |  | (50) | 
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  | 47 (46) | Petals flabellate-obovate or broadly obovate, 10--16 mm; central segment of basal leaf long elliptic or oblanceolate, undivided |  | 15 R. chuanchingensis | 
  | + | Petals obovate or broadly obovate, up to 7--10 mm; central segment of basal leaf rhombic, obovate, or ovate, usually 3-lobed. |  | (48) | 
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  | 48 (47) | Lateral segments of basal leaf blade oblong, undivided |  | 26 R. banguoensis | 
  | + | Lateral segments of basal leaf blade oblique flabellate, unequally 2-cleft. |  | (49) | 
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  | 49 (48) | Stems 3.5--15 cm; flowers solitary, or 2 in a monochasium; petals obovate, 5--10 × 4--12 mm |  | 16 R. glareosus | 
  | + | Stems 1.5--3.7 cm; flowers solitary; petals broadly obovate, 5.5--7 × 4--6.5 mm |  | 28 R. glabricaulis | 
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  | 50 (46) | Basal leaf blade segments linear, undivided. |  | (51) | 
  | + | Basal leaf blade segments not linear, usually divided. |  | (52) | 
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  | 51 (50) | Stems prostrate, rooting adventitiously near base, up to 27 cm; basal leaves glabrous, base cuneate, lateral segments spreading at an acute angle to central segment |  | 56 R. nephelogenes | 
  | + | Stems erect, 5--6 cm; basal leaves adaxially glabrous, abaxially appressed puberulent, base subtruncate, lateral segments spreading at a right angle to central segment |  | 58 R. hejingensis | 
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  | 52 (50) | Inflorescence a 2- or 3-flowered monochasium. |  | (53) | 
  | + | Inflorescence 1-flowered. |  | (54) | 
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  | 53 (52) | Basal leaf blade base broadly cuneate; flower 1--1.7 cm diam. |  | 41 R. potaninii | 
  | + | Basal leaf blade base deeply cordate; flower ca. 2.5 cm diam. |  | 24 R. balikunensis | 
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  | 54 (52) | Basal leaf blade base broadly cuneate |  | 41 R. potaninii | 
  | + | Basal leaf blade base cordate or cordate-truncate. |  | (55) | 
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  | 55 (54) | Basal leaf blade base cordate-truncate |  | 45 R. brotherusii | 
  | + | Basal leaf blade base cordate. |  | (56) | 
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  | 56 (55) | Stems prostrate, filiform, up to 20 cm |  | 19 R. pegaeus | 
  | + | Stems erect. |  | (57) | 
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  | 57 (56) | Fibrous roots conspicuously thickened at base |  | 14 R. pseudopygmaeus | 
  | + | Fibrous roots subequally thick, in R. hirtellus above slightly thickened. |  | (58) | 
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  | 58 (57) | Segments of basal leaf 1--3 × dissected, ultimate lobules lanceolate-linear |  | 47 R. tanguticus | 
  | + | Segments of basal leaf not dissected, ultimate lobules ovate or narrowly ovate. |  | (59) | 
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  | 59 (58) | Sepals dark red |  | 23 R. rubrocalyx | 
  | + | Sepals greenish. |  | (60) | 
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  | 60 (59) | Receptacle yellow puberulent; sepals persistent |  | 20 R. glacialiformis | 
  | + | Receptacle glabrous, subglabrous or sparsely white puberulent only in R. songoricus; sepals deciduous. |  | (61) | 
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  | 61 (60) | Basal leaves 2--4.4 cm wide; receptacle subglabrous or sparsely puberulent; stamens ca. 70; stems 7--30 cm |  | 1 R. songoricus | 
  | + | Basal leaves less than 2 cm wide; receptacle glabrous; stamens fewer than 35; stems usually less than 10 cm. |  | (62) | 
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  | 62 (61) | Petals oblong, 4--5.2 mm |  | 18 R. micronivalis | 
  | + | Petals obovate. |  | (63) | 
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  | 63 (62) | Central segment of basal leaf undivided, obovate or obovate-oblong. |  | (64) | 
  | + | Central segment of basal leaf 3-lobed, rhombic-obovate |  | (65) | 
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  | 64 (63) | Stems puberulent; basal leaves appressed yellowish pubescent |  | 25 R. hirtellus | 
  | + | Stems and basal leaves glabrous |  | 29 R. pedicellatus | 
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  | 65 (63) | Stems 5--12(--20) cm; basal leaves 4--14(--22) mm wide; stem leaves 2; ovary as long as styles |  | 17 R. petrogeiton | 
  | + | Stems 1--2.5 cm; basal leaves up to 4 mm wide; stem leaf 1; ovary 3 × longer than styles |  | 27 R. dingjieensis | 
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  | 66 (38) | Petals hairy. |  | (67) | 
  | + | Petals glabrous. |  | (68) | 
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  | 67 (66) | Stems 5--18 cm; basal leaves 0.7--1.8 × 1--3.2 cm, base cordate, rarely subtruncate; petals obovate, adaxially puberulent near nectary pit, abaxially glabrous; achenes puberulent |  | 3 R. polyrhizos | 
  | + | Stems 20--30 cm; basal leaves larger, 2.5--4 × 2--4 cm, base truncate; petals ovate, adaxially glabrous, abaxially puberulent; achenes glabrous |  | 63 R. hamiensis | 
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  | 68 (66) | Carpels and achenes puberulent. |  | (69) | 
  | + | Carpels and achenes glabrous. |  | (76) | 
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  | 69 (68) | Fibrous roots thickened at base. |  | (70) | 
  | + | Fibrous roots subequally thick, not thickened at base. |  | (71) | 
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  | 70 (69) | Basal leaf blade base broadly cuneate |  | 64 R. felixii | 
  | + | Basal leaf blade base cordate |  | 71 R. dielsianus | 
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  | 71 (69) | Stems mostly glabrous, sparsely puberulent only below flower; receptacle glabrous. |  | (72) | 
  | + | Stems puberulent throughout; receptacle puberulent. |  | (73) | 
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  | 72 (71) | Basal leaves ca. 10, herbaceous |  | 6 R. franchetii | 
  | + | Basal leaf 1, papery |  | 59 R. monophyllus | 
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  | 73 (71) | Stems densely brownish puberulent; basal leaf blades abaxially puberulent, adaxially glabrous |  | 43 R. popovii | 
  | + | Stems sparsely white puberulent; basal leaf blades glabrous on both surfaces. |  | (74) | 
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  | 74 (73) | Basal leaf blade base subtruncate |  | 13 R. nankotaizanus | 
  | + | Basal leaf blade base cordate. |  | (75) | 
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  | 75 (74) | Stems (10--)15--25 cm; basal leaf blade with lateral segments pectinately 4- or 5-cleft, white puberulent; flowers 1.4--1.9 cm in diam. |  | 4 R. pedatifidus | 
  | + | Stems 7--14 cm; basal leaf blade with lateral segments unequally 2 or 3-lobed, yellowish strigose; flowers 0.9--1.1 cm in diam. |  | 25 R. hirtellus | 
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  | 76 (68) | Fibrous roots thickened at base. |  | (77) | 
  | + | Fibrous roots subequally thick, not thickened at base. |  | (78) | 
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  | 77 (76) | Stems 0.8--5 cm; basal leaf blade 3--8 mm wide, adaxially glabrous or sparsely puberulent, abaxially glabrous; receptacle glabrous |  | 14 R. pseudopygmaeus | 
  | + | Stems ca. 40 cm; basal leaf blade 12--20 mm wide, adaxially glabrous, abaxially puberulent; receptacle puberulent |  | 71 R. dielsianus | 
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  | 78 (76) | Basal leaf blades with base truncate, rounded, broadly cuneate, or cuneate (R. chuanchingensis, R. trautvetterianus, and R. brotherusii) sometimes cordate-truncate. |  | (79) | 
  | + | Basal leaf blade base cordate. |  | (92) | 
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  | 79 (78) | Plants aquatic |  | 82 R. radicans | 
  | + | Plants of alpine meadows or on slopes. |  | (80) | 
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  | 80 (79) | Receptacle puberulent. |  | (81) | 
  | + | Receptacle glabrous. |  | (84) | 
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  | 81 (80) | Lateral lobes of basal leaves pectinately 4- or 5-cleft, lobules sublinear |  | 5 R. rigescens | 
  | + | Lateral lobes not pectinate-cleft. |  | (82) | 
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  | 82 (81) | Basal leaf blades up to 4 cm wide, base truncate-cuneate or cordate-truncate; central lobe obovate or cuneate, 3-lobed |  | 2 R. trautvetterianus | 
  | + | Basal leaf blades up to 1.4--3.3 cm wide, base broadly cuneate or rounded; central lobe linear or oblong-oblanceolate, usually undivided. |  | (83) | 
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  | 83 (82) | Basal leaf blades broadly cuneate at base; central lobe linear or oblong, undivided or 1- or 2-lobulate, lateral lobes oblique lanceolate, undivided, or oblique cuneate, 2- or 3-lobulate |  | 46 R. furcatifidus | 
  | + | Basal leaf blades rounded at base; central lobe oblong, undivided, lateral lobes ovate, undivided |  | 69 R. dongrergensis | 
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  | 84 (80) | Petals 6--8, broadly oblong-oblanceolate or narrowly obovate, 6--8 |  | 21 R. luoergaiensis | 
  | + | Petals usually 5, obovate or elliptic (in R. junipericola sometimes oblong, then petals 5). |  | (85) | 
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  | 85 (84) | Leaf blades abaxially densely pubescent |  | 57 R. membranaceus | 
  | + | Leaf blades abaxially glabrous or sparsely puberulent. |  | (86) | 
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  | 86 (85) | Petals broadly obovate or flabellate-obovate |  | 15 R. chuanchingensis | 
  | + | Petals obovate, narrowly obovate, or oblong. |  | (87) | 
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  | 87 (86) | Basal leaf blades leathery, base rounded, all lobes undivided, entire |  | 26 R. banguoensis | 
  | + | Basal leaf blades papery or herbaceous, all or at least lateral lobes divided. |  | (88) | 
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  | 88 (87) | Basal leaf blades 2.1--4.5 cm wide. |  | (89) | 
  | + | Basal leaf blades up to 2.2--2.8 cm wide. |  | (90) | 
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  | 89 (88) | Basal leaf blade subpentagonal or rhombic-ovate, base broadly cuneate, lateral lobes unequally 3-partite |  | 41 R. potaninii | 
  | + | Basal leaf blade rhombic or cuneate, base cuneate, lateral lobes unequally 2-lobed or undivided |  | 42 R. cangshanicus | 
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  | 90 (88) | Basal leaf blade with central lobe and lobules of lateral lobes rounded or obtuse, and apiculate at apex |  | 12 R. junipericola | 
  | + | Basal leaf blade with lobes and lobules acute or slightly acute, and not apiculate at apex. |  | (91) | 
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  | 91 (90) | Basal leaf blade 3-partite slightly beyond middle, lateral lobes oblique cuneate or oblique oblong, unequally 2-lobed or 2-cleft, glabrous or abaxially puberulent, base rounded, broadly cuneate, or subtruncate at base |  | 43 R. popovii | 
  | + | Basal leaf blade 3-partite nearly to base, lateral lobes oblique flabellate, unequally 2-partite, puberulent, base cordate-truncate or truncate |  | 45 R. brotherusii | 
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  | 92 (78) | Petals 8, oblong |  | 22 R. chinghoensis | 
  | + | Petals 5 (sometimes 6 in R. petrogeiton, R. songoricus, and R. trautvetterianus). |  | (93) | 
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  | 93 (92) | Receptacle glabrous. |  | (94) | 
  | + | Receptacle puberulent. |  | (101) | 
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  | 94 (93) | Petals cuneate, oblong, or long elliptic. |  | (95) | 
  | + | Petals obovate or broadly obovate, sometimes oblong-obovate in R. petrogeiton. |  | (97) | 
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  | 95 (94) | Stems slender, prostrate, up to 20 cm, glabrous, rooting at nodes |  | 19 R. pegaeus | 
  | + | Stems erect, 4.2--5 cm tall, usually puberulent, not rooting. |  | (96) | 
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  | 96 (95) | Basal leaf blade puberulent on both surfaces or only adaxially; petals cuneate, apex truncate; ovary longer than style |  | 10 R. minor | 
  | + | Basal leaf blade glabrous; petals long elliptic, apex obtuse; ovary shorter than style |  | 18 R. micronivalis | 
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  | 97 (94) | Basal leaf blades up to 3 cm wide, 3-partite slightly beyond middle, glabrous |  | 11 R. munroanus | 
  | + | Basal leaf blades smaller, up to 1.8--2 cm wide, 3-partite nearly to base, often hairy. |  | (98) | 
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  | 98 (97) | Basal leaves yellowish strigose |  | 25 R. hirtellus | 
  | + | Basal leaves glabrous or white puberulent on one or other surface. |  | (99) | 
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  | 99 (98) | Petal apex emarginate |  | 9 R. platypetalus | 
  | + | Petal apex not emarginate. |  | (100) | 
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  | 100 (99) | Basal leaves leathery, glabrous or adaxially puberulent |  | 16 R. glareosus | 
  | + | Basal leaves papery, glabrous or abaxially sparsely puberulent |  | 17 R. petrogeiton | 
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  | 101 (93) | Plants aquatic. |  | (102) | 
  | + | Plants terrestrial. |  | (103) | 
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  | 102 (101) | Basal leaf blade 3-partite; central lobe 3-lobed or undivided, ultimate lobules ovate |  | 82 R. radicans | 
  | + | Basal leaf blade 3-sect; central lobe 1 or 2 × dissected, ultimate lobules narrowly ovate to linear-lanceolate |  | 83 R. gmelinii | 
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  | 103 (101) | Lateral lobes of basal leaf pectinately 4- or 5-cleft, glabrous |  | 5 R. rigescens | 
  | + | Lateral lobes of basal leaf not pectinately cleft. |  | (104) | 
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  | 104 (103) | Leaf blade leathery; sepals persistent. |  | (105) | 
  | + | Leaf blade papery; sepals deciduous. |  | (106) | 
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  | 105 (104) | Receptacle densely yellow puberulent |  | 20 R. glacialiformis | 
  | + | Receptacle white puberulent |  | 8 R. balangshanicus | 
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  | 106 (104) | Basal leaf blade up to 4--4.4 cm wide. |  | (107) | 
  | + | Basal leaf blade up to 2.4 cm wide. |  | (108) | 
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  | 107 (106) | Basal leaves cordate at base, 3-partite nearly to base |  | 1 R. songoricus | 
  | + | Basal leaves truncate-cordate at base, 3-partite slightly beyond middle |  | 2 R. trautvetterianus | 
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  | 108 (106) | Petals narrowly obovate or oblong, 1.4--2 mm wide |  | 7 R. yinshanicus | 
  | + | Petals obovate or broadly obovate, 4--11 mm wide. |  | (109) | 
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  | 109 (108) | Stems 2--12 cm; basal leaves 0.7--1.2 cm wide; petal apex emarginate |  | 9 R. platypetalus | 
  | + | Stems 19--24 cm; basal leaves 1.6--2.4 cm wide; petal apex rounded |  | 68 R. menyuanensis |