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Taxonomy

Genera

Acer

At least 2,630 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Acer.

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Aegopodium

Herbs, perennial, essentially glabrous. Stem erect, branching above or simple. Basal and lower leaves petiolate, sheaths broad, membranous; blade broadly triangular to triangular in outline, ternate or ternate-2-3-pinnate; ultimate segments ovate or ovate-lanceolate, serrate, dentate-divided or lobed. Upper leaves reduced, usually ternate-pinnate. Umbels compound, terminal and lateral; peduncles longer than the leaves; bracts and bracteoles usually absent; rays ascending-spreading. Calyx teeth obsolete. Petals white or pinkish, obovate, apex with narrow inflexed lobule. Stylopodium conic; styles long, reflexed. Fruit oblong, oblong-ovoid or ovoid, slightly flattened laterally, glabrous; mericarp subrounded in cross section; ribs filiform, prominent to obscure; vittae inconspicuous. Seed face plane. Carpophore bifid at apex.^[1] [more]

At least 30 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Aegopodium.

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Aethusa

Aethusa (Gr. Αίθουσα) was in Greek mythology a daughter of Poseidon and Alcyone, who was beloved by Apollo, and bore to him Eleuther. [more]

At least 29 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Aethusa.

More info about the Genus Aethusa may be found here.

Ammi

Herbs, annual or biennial, glabrous. Stem erect, terete, branching. Leaves petiolate, sheath narrow; blade ternate-pinnate or pinnatisect, membranous; ultimate segments filiform to lanceolate. Umbels compound, terminal and lateral; bracts numerous, entire or pinnately divided, reflexed in fruit; bracteoles many, entire. Calyx teeth obsolete or inconspicuous, minute. Petals white or yellowish, obcordate or deeply 2-lobed, lobes unequal, base tapering, clawed, apex inflexed, outer petals in outer flowers radiant. Stylopodium low-conic, base slightly undulate; styles slender, more than twice as long as stylopodium, reflexed. Fruit ovoid or ovoid-oblong, slightly compressed laterally, commissure constricted, mericarps pentagonal in cross section, glabrous; ribs 5, acute; vittae 1 in each furrow, 2 on commissure. Seed face plane. Carpophore entire or 2-cleft to base.^[2] [more]

At least 44 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Ammi.

More info about the Genus Ammi may be found here.

Apium

Herbs, annual or biennial, glabrous. Stem erect, ridged and shallowly fluted. Leaves petiolate, with membranous sheaths; leaf blade pinnate to ternate-pinnately compound. Umbels compound, loose to subcompact; peduncles usually short or abortive; bracts and bracteoles absent; rays few, spreading-ascending or spreading; umbellules few-flowered. Petals white or greenish-yellow, ovate to suborbicular, apex narrow, inflexed. Calyx teeth obsolete. Stylopodium low-conic to depressed; styles short, erect to reflexed. Fruit globose to ellipsoid, rounded at both ends, slightly compressed laterally, mericarp nearly rounded in cross section, commissural face constricted, glabrous; ribs 5, prominent, acute; vittae 1 in each furrow, 2 on commissure. Seed face plane. Carpophore stout, entire or bifid at the apex.^[3] [more]

At least 351 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Apium.

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Bunium

Perennial, glabrous. Roots globose. Leaves much divided, 2-3-pinnatisect; segments filiform to linear. Flowers white to pinkish. Bracts and bractlets linear to lanceolate or lacking. Calyx teeth obsolete. Stylopodium flattened or conical; styles short or long, reflexed. Fruit ovoid to oblong or cylindrical; ridges prominent; furrows 1-3-vittate. Inner seed face plane to slightly concave.^[4] [more]

At least 174 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Bunium.

More info about the Genus Bunium may be found here.

Bupleurum

Herbs perennial, rarely annual, glabrous. Rootstock usually short, woody. Stem alternate or dichotomously branched, green or glaucous, base with or without fibrous remnant sheaths. Leaves entire, petioles sheathing; blade membranous, herbaceous or coriaceous, usually with parallel venation, base usually tapering into petiole. Cauline leaves often sessile, clasping, auriculate or perfoliate. Inflorescence loose, umbels compound, terminal and lateral; bracts several, conspicuous, often similar to uppermost leaves; rays few to many; bracteoles several, conspicuous. Calyx teeth obsolete. Petals yellow, greenish-yellow, tinged purple or purple, oblong to orbicular, apex narrowly inflexed. Stylopodium conic, low-conic or discoid; styles short, often reflexed. Fruit oblong to ovoid-oblong or ellipsoid, slightly laterally compressed, mericarps subpentagonal (rarely rounded) in cross section; ribs 5, filiform, prominent or obscure; vittae 1-3(-6) in each furrow, 2-6(-8) on commissure, sometimes obscure. Seed face plane. Carpophore 2-cleft to base.^[5] [more]

At least 559 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Bupleurum.

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Carum

Herbs biennial or short lived perennial, glabrous. Taproot tuberous, fusiform, elongate or cylindrical. Stem usually branched above, base with or without papery remnant sheaths. Basal leaves petiolate, narrowly sheathing; blade 2-4-pinnate; ultimate segments linear or lanceolate. Stem leaves gradually reduced upward. Umbels compound, terminal. Calyx teeth obsolete, rarely present, narrowly triangular. Petals broadly obovate, white, rarely pinkish or purplish, midvein yellow or yellow-green, base cuneate, with an inflexed apex. Stylopodium conic; styles recurved. Fruit oblong-ellipsoid or oblong-ovoid, slightly laterally compressed, glabrous; ribs 5, filiform, prominent; vittae 1(-3) in each furrow, 2-4 on commissure. Seed face plane. Carpophore 2-parted.^[6] [more]

At least 259 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Carum.

More info about the Genus Carum may be found here.

Cicuta

Herbs, perennial, stout, glabrous. Rootstock swollen, with transverse air chambers, roots fascicled. Stems tall, erect, hollow, branched above, striate. Leaves petiolate, sheath narrow, clasping, membranous; leaf blade (1 ) 2 3-pinnate; ultimate segments narrow, linear-lanceolate or lanceolate, serrate or dentate. Umbels compound, lax, terminal or lateral; bracts absent or few, inconspicuous; rays numerous, long, slender, ascending-spreading; bracteoles numerous, narrow, longer or shorter than the flowers. Calyx teeth conspicuous, ovate-triangular. Petals white or greenish-white, obovate or suborbicular, apex narrow, inflexed. Stylopodium depressed; styles slender, reflexed when mature. Fruit ovoid-globose, rounded at both ends or base cordate, flattened laterally, glabrous; ribs 5, thick, corky; vittae 1 in each furrow, 2 on commissure. Seed face plane or slightly concave. Carpophore 2-fid.^[7] [more]

At least 80 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Cicuta.

More info about the Genus Cicuta may be found here.

Crithmum

At least 10 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Crithmum.

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Foeniculum

Herbs, annual or perennial, all parts strongly aromatic (anise-scented) . Stem erect, terete, gray-green or lurid-green, glabrous. Leaves petiolate, sheaths membranous-margined; blade pinnately decompound; ultimate segments linear. Umbels compound, terminal and lateral; bracts and bracteoles absent; rays numerous, upwards-spreading, unequal. Calyx teeth obsolete. Petals yellow, obovate, mid rib conspicuous, apex with narrowly inflexed lobule. Stylopodium conic; styles very short, reflexed. Fruit oblong, terete, glabrous; ribs 5, acute or round-obtuse; vittae 1 in each furrow, 2 on commissure. Seed face plane or slightly concave. Carpophore 2-cleft to base.^[8] [more]

At least 63 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Foeniculum.

More info about the Genus Foeniculum may be found here.

Nonea

Plants annual or perennial, hispid or strigose. Leaves alternate. Cymes elongated after anthesis, becoming racemose; bracts leaflike. Flowers crowded at anthesis. Calyx tubular-campanulate, 5-lobed from upper 1/3 to middle, turgid saccate; lobes long triangular. Corolla blue-purple or yellow; tube straight; appendages scaly, below throat in upper part of tube; lobes spreading, overlapping, apex obtuse. Stamens included or slightly exserted; anthers oblong, obtuse, or mucronate. Ovary 4-divided. Style not exserted from corolla; stigma globose, or style 2-cleft at apex. Gynobase flat. Nutlets slightly curved, reniform to subglobose, reticulate-wrinkled, glabrous or sparsely pubescent; attachment scar on lower part adaxially, concave, with ringlike margin and umbilical emergence.^[9] [more]

At least 98 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Nonea.

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Oenanthe

Herbs, perennial, glabrous. Roots fibrous or fusiform to ovoid tubers. Stems erect, branching, decumbent, weakly diffuse or stoloniferous, hollow, angular, striate, rooting at basal nodes. Basal and lower leaves petiolate, wholly sheathing; blade 1 4-pinnate, homomorphic or heteromorphic to the cauline leaves. Umbels compound, loose, terminal and axillary or leaf-opposed; bracts absent, or occasionally 1; rays 4 15( 30) ; bracteoles numerous. Calyx teeth prominent, lanceolate, nearly as long as stylopodium. Petals white or pale pink, obovate, base cuneate, apex emarginate, with small incurved lobule, outer petals in umbellule usually enlarged (radiant) . Stylopodium conic; styles elongate, erect or divergent, sometimes reflexed in fruit. Fruit ovoid or subglobose, slightly compressed dorsally or laterally, glabrous; dorsal and intermediate ribs slightly thickened, corky, or somewhat protruding, filiform, subequal; lateral ribs dilated, subtriangular, corky; vittae solitary in each furrow, 2 on commissure. Seed face plane. Carpophore obsolete.^[10] [more]

At least 244 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Oenanthe.

More info about the Genus Oenanthe may be found here.

Petroselinum

Herbs biennial, rarely annual, glabrous. Root narrowly conic. Stem erect, branching above, base without remnant sheaths. Leaf blades triangular, 2 3-pinnate; ultimate segments ovate to linear, toothed or lobed. Umbels loose compound, terminal and axillary; bracts few or absent; bracteoles several. Calyx teeth obsolete. Petals yellow or yellowish-green, obovate, apex emarginate, narrow, inflexed. Stylopodium low-conic; styles short, spreading. Fruit ovoid-oblong, slightly flattened laterally, mericarps subrounded in cross section, commissure constricted, glabrous, shiny; ribs 5, filiform, prominent; vittae 1 in each furrow, 2 on commissure. Seed face plane. Carpophore 2-cleft to base or to middle.^[11] [more]

At least 86 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Petroselinum.

More info about the Genus Petroselinum may be found here.

Pimpinella

Herbs, perennial, rarely biennial or annual. Root fibrous or a taproot. Stems erect, branching, base without fibrous remnant sheaths. Basal leaves petiolate, sheathing at base; blade 13-ternate, 14-pinnate or ternate-13-pinnate, sometimes simple. Cauline leaves often heteromorphic. Inflorescence branching, umbels terminal and lateral; bracts and bracteoles present or absent, usually linear, apex entire; rays few to numerous. Calyx teeth usually obsolete, sometimes conspicuous, lanceolate, minute. Petals white, rarely purple, glabrous or hairy abaxially. Stylopodium conic or low-conic, rarely depressed; styles short or long, spreading or reflexed (best observed in young or mature fruit). Fruit cordate-ovoid or oblong-ovoid, slightly laterally compressed, constricted at the commissure, glabrous or variously hairy; ribs 5, filiform, sometimes obscured by the indumentum; vittae 13(4) in each furrow, 24(8) on commissure. Seed face plane, rarely slightly concave. Carpophore 2-fid or 2-parted.^[12] [more]

At least 459 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Pimpinella.

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Rubus

Shrubs or subshrubs, deciduous, rarely evergreen or semievergreen, sometimes perennial creeping dwarf herbs. Stems erect, climbing, arching, or prostrate, glabrous or hairy, usually with prickles or bristles, sometimes with glandular hairs, rarely unarmed. Leaves