The name Ranunculus bauhini was proposed by Tausch (in Flora 17: 525. 1834) for a member of a group of aquatic species of Ranunculus, which is sometimes recognized as a separate genus Batrachium (e.g., Gray, Nat. Arr.
Brit. Pl. 2: 720. 1821; Janchen, Cat.
Fl. Austr. 1(2): 195. 1958; Wang & Tamura in Wu & al., Fl.
China 6: 431. 2001; Eichler & Jeanes in Wilson, Fl. Austral. 2: 310. 2007), a subgenus (e.g., Seringe, Fl.
Jard. 3: 48. 1849; Cook in Mitt. Bot.
Staatssamml. München 6: 83. 1966; Cook in Tutin & al., Fl.
Eur., ed. 2, 1: 285. 1993; Whittemore in FNA Ed. Comm., Fl.
N. Amer.
N. Mexico 3: 130. 1997) or a section of Ranunculus (e.g., Candolle, Syst.
Nat. 1: 232. 1817; Emadzade & al. in Taxon 59: 819. 2010; Wiegleb & al. in Phytotaxa 319: 1. 2017).