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Umbelliferae

(Family)

Overview

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A Family in the Kingdom Plantae.

Taxonomy

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The Family Umbelliferae is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genera

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Aciphylla

Aciphylla is a genus of about 40 species of plants in the Apiaceae family, endemic to New Zealand and Australia. They generally grow as tall spikes surrounded by rosettes of stiff, pointed leaves. Some species are known as Spaniard Grass. [more]

Acronema

Acronema is a genus of 25 species of plants in the Apiaceae family found in the gion. It comprises between 15 and 25 species. [more]

Actinolema

Actinolema is a genus of 2 species of plants in the Apiaceae family. It is found in Southwest Asia and in the Caucasus. [more]

Actinotus

Actinotus is a genus of flowering plants of the Mackinlayaceae family, with about 18 species. It is native to Australasia. Its best known member is the Sydney Flannel Flower, a common site in Sydney bushland in the spring. The generic name, meaning "furnished with rays" is derived from the Greek stem aktin-/a?t??- "ray" or "sunbeam". [more]

Aethusa

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

Agasyllis

Agasyllis caucasica is a species of flowering plants of the Apiaceae family and the only species of genus Agasyllis. It is endemic to the Caucasus. [more]

Alepidea

Alepidea La Roche is a genus of about twenty species in the botanical family Apiaceae, all of which are endemic to Africa. They occur mainly in southern Africa are found as far north as Ethiopia. [more]

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.[1] [more]

Anethum

Dill (Anethum graveolens) is a perennial herb. It is the sole species of the genus Anethum, though classified by some botanists in a related genus as Peucedanum graveolens (L.) C.B.Clarke. [more]

Angelica

Angelica is a genus of about 60 species of tall biennial and perennial herbs in the family Apiaceae, native to temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere, reaching as far North as Iceland and Lapland. They grow to 1?3 m tall, with large bipinnate leaves and large compound umbels of white or greenish-white flowers. [more]

Anginon

Anginon is a genus of flowering plant in the Apiaceae, with 12 species. It is endemic to southern Africa. [more]

Anisosciadium

Anisosciadium is a genus of flowering plant in the Apiaceae, with 3 species. It is endemic to Southwest Asia. [more]

Anisotome

Anisotome is a genus of flowering plant in the Apiaceae, with 16 species. It is endemic to New Zealand. [more]

Anthriscus

Anthriscus or Chervil is a common plant genus of the family Apiaceae, growing in Europe and temperate parts of Asia. It comprises 12 species, some of which are considered as noxious weeds. The genus grows in meadows and verges on slightly wet porous soils. [more]

Aphanopleura

Aphanopleura is a genus of flowering plant in the Apiaceae, with 6 species. It is endemic to Asia. [more]

Apiopetalum

Apiopetalum is a genus of plant of family Mackinlayaceae, comprising 2 species. They are small trees, reaching 6 m in height, and have simple leaves. The genus is endemic to New Caledonia. [more]

Apium

Apium (Celery and Marshwort) is a genus of about 20 species of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, with a subcosmopolitan distribution in Europe, Asia, Africa, South America and Australia. They are medium to tall biennial or perennial plants growing wet ground (marshes and salt marshes). They grow up to 1 m high and have pinnate to bipinnate leaves and small white flowers in compound umbels. [more]

Arracacia

Arracacia is a genus of flowering plant in the Apiaceae, with more than 50 species. It is endemic to the Americas. The most important member of the genus economically is the arracacha, Arracacia xanthorrhiza. [more]

Asteriscium

Asteriscium is a genus of flowering plant in the Apiaceae, with about 8 species. It is endemic to temperate South America. [more]

Astrantia

Astrantia is a genus of herbaceous plants in the family Apiaceae, endemic to Central, Eastern and Southern Europe and the Caucasus.The Genus name comes from the Greek word for star in reference to the star-like quality of the flower heads. There are 8 or 9 species, which have aromatic roots, palmate leaves, and decorative flowers. They are commonly known as great masterwort, which may be confused with masterwort, Peucedanum ostruthium. [more]

Astrodaucus

Astrodaucus is a genus of flowering plant in the Apiaceae, with 2 species. It is endemic to southwest Asia, southern Europe and eastern Europe. [more]

Athamanta

Athamantha, or Athamanta, is a genus of flowering plant in the Apiaceae. It is endemic to southern Europe and northern Africa. [more]

Athamantha

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Azorella

Azorella is a genus of about 70 species of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae, native to South America, New Zealand and the islands of the Southern Ocean. The genus is sometimes placed in family Apiaceae. [more]

Bifora

A Genus in the Kingdom Plantae. [more]

Bolax

Bolax is a genus of in the Apiaceae, with 4 or 5 species. It is endemic to temperate South America. [more]

Bowlesia

Bowlesia is a genus of in the Apiaceae, with about 15 species. [more]

Bunium

Bunium is a species of flowering plant in the Apiaceae, with 45 to 50 species. [more]

Bupleurum

Bupleurum is a very large genus of plants of the Apiaceae family, represented by 185 to 195 species. [more]

Cachrys

Cachrys is a genus of in the Apiaceae, with 3 or 4 species. It is endemic to southern Europe and northern Africa. [more]

Carum

Carum is a genus of about 20 species of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, native to temperate regions of the Old World. The most important species is Caraway (C. carvi), the seeds of which are widely used as a culinary spice. [more]

Caucalis

Caucalis daucoides is a species of in the Apiaceae, the only member of the genus Caucalis. [more]

Centella

Centella is a genus of 2 or 3 species of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae. The genus is sometimes placed in family Apiaceae. [more]

Chaerophyllum

Chaerophyllum is a genus of flowering plant in the Apiaceae, with 35 species. It is native to Europe, Asia and northern Africa. [more]

Chamaesciadium

Chamaesciadium flavescens is a species of flowering plant in the Apiaceae, the only species of the genus Chamaesciadium. It is endemic to Southwest Asia and the Caucasus. [more]

Chymsydia

Chymsydia is a genus of in the Apiaceae, native to the Caucasus. It has two species. [more]

Cicuta

Cicuta, commonly known as water hemlock, is a small genus of four species of highly poisonous plants in the family Apiaceae. They are perennial herbaceous plants which grow up to 2.5 meters (8.2 ft) tall, having distinctive small green or white flowers arranged in an umbrella shape (umbel). Plants in this genus may also be referred to as cowbane or poison parsnip. Cicuta is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, mainly North America and Europe, typically growing in wet meadows, along streambanks and other wet and marshy areas. These plants bear a close resemblance to other members in the family Apiaceae and may be confused with a number of other edible and poisonous plants. The common name hemlock may also be confused with poison hemlock (Conium maculatum). [more]

Conium

Herbs, biennial or shortly perennial, slender. Root stout, long-conic. Stem hollow, erect, much-branched above, conspicuously purple-spotted. Leaves petiolate, narrowly sheathing at base; blade 2-3-pinnate, finely dissected. Umbels numerous, terminal and lateral on dichotomous branches; bracts and bracteoles several, often reflexed; rays numerous, ascending; rays numerous, spreading widely. Calyx teeth obsolete. Petals white or yellowish white, obovate or obcordate, apex incurved. Stylopodium low-conic, styles short, reflexed. Fruit ovoid or broad-ovoid, slightly flattened laterally; ribs 5, prominent, all ridged to very narrowly sinuate-winged; vittae small, numerous, completely encircling the seed, usually broken down in mature fruit. Seed face deeply concave or sulcate. Carpophore 2-cleft, at least to middle.[2] [more]

Conopodium

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Coriandrum

Coriander (Coriandrum sativum), also called cilantro or dhania, is an annual herb in the family Apiaceae. Coriander is native to southern Europe and North Africa to southwestern Asia. It is a soft, hairless plant growing to 50 centimetres (20 in) tall. The leaves are variable in shape, broadly lobed at the base of the plant, and slender and feathery higher on the flowering stems. The flowers are borne in small umbels, white or very pale pink, asymmetrical, with the petals pointing away from the center of the umbel longer (5?6 mm) than those pointing towards it (only 1?3 mm long). The fruit is a globular, dry schizocarp 3?5 mm diameter. While in the English-speaking world (except for the U.S.) the leaves and seeds are known as coriander, in American culinary usage the leaves are generally referred to by the Spanish word cilantro. [more]

Cotopaxia

Cotopaxia is a genus of flowering plant in the Apiaceae family, comprising two species: [more]

Crithmum

Cryptotaenia

Cryptotaenia is a genus of two species of herbaceous perennial plants, native to North America and eastern Asia, growing wild in moist, shady places. [more]

Cuminum

Herbs, annual, glaucescent throughout, glabrous except the setulose fruit. Taproot slender. Stem erect, slender, profusely branched. Basal leaves petiolate, base with narrow membranous wing; blade 2-ternate; ultimate segments filiform. Leaves reduced upwards, becoming sessile. Umbels lax, terminal and lateral; bracts and bracteoles several, similar to leaves but more cartilaginous, apex subulate, persistent; rays and pedicels very unequal. Calyx teeth subulate, conspicuous, unequal, persistent in fruit. Petals white or pinkish, obovate or oblong, base cuneate, with a small inflexed lobule. Stylopodium conic, attenuate into styles; styles short, reflexed. Fruit oblong-ellipsoid, slightly laterally compressed; primary and secondary ribs prominent, setulose; vittae 1 in each furrow under secondary ribs, 2 on commissure. Seed face slightly concave. Carpophore 2-parted[3] [more]

Cymbocarpum

Cymopterus

Cymopterus is a genus of perennial plants in the . They are known commonly as the spring parsleys. They are short, squat plants with long taproots. [more]

Daucus

Daucus is a genus of herbaceous plants of the family Apiaceae of which the best-known species is the cultivated carrot. [more]

Dicyclophora

Diplotaenia

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Dorema

A Genus in the Kingdom Plantae. [more]

Drusa

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Dystaenia

Echinophora

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Elaeoselinum

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Elaeosticta

Eleutherospermum

Erygium

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Eryngium

Eryngium is a genus of about 230 species of annuals and perennials with hairless and usually spiny leaves, and dome-shaped umbels of flowers resembling those of thistles. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, with the centre of diversity in South America. Some species are native to rocky and coastal areas, but the majority are grassland plants. Common names include Sea-holly and Eryngo, the former typically being applied to coastal species, and the latter to grassland species. [more]

Exoacantha

Falcaria

A genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[4] [more]

Ferula

Ferula (from Latin ferula, "rod") is a genus of about 170 species of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, native to the Mediterranean region east to central Asia, mostly growing in arid climates. They are herbaceous perennial plants growing to 1?4 m tall, with stout, hollow, somewhat succulent stems. The leaves are tripinnate or even more finely divided, with a stout basal sheath clasping the stem. The flowers are yellow, produced in large umbels. Many plants of this genus, especially F. communis are referred to as "giant fennel," although they are not fennel in the strict sense. [more]

Ferulago

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Foeniculum

Foeniculum is a genus of fewer than half a dozen species, in the family Apiaceae (Umbelliferae). [more]

Foniculum

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Forniculum

Froriepia

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Fuernrohria

Grammosciadium

Hacquetia

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Heracleum

Heracleum may mean [more]

Hermas

A Genus in the Kingdom Plantae. [more]

Heteromorpha

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Hohenackeria

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Horstrissea

Hymenidium

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Johrenia

Kosopoljanskia

Krasnovia

Herbs perennial. Tuber globose. Stem ribbed, simple or branched, softly pilose, tapering below soil level and easily broken from the tuber. Leaves 2-4-ternate-pinnate/pinnatisect. Bracts absent or caducous; rays conspicuously unequal; bracteoles 5. Calyx teeth obsolete. Petals obovate, notched with inflexed apex, outer petals slightly enlarged (radiate). Stylopodium short-conic; styles recurved, 3 times as long as stylopodium, caducous. Fruit ovoid-oblong, slightly flattened laterally, smooth, apex constricted; ribs prominent, protruding; vittae 1 per broad furrow, 2 on commissure. Seed slightly laterally flattened, face deeply sulcate.[5] [more]

Lagoecia

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Laretia

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Laserpitium

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Lecokia

Ledebouriella

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Lefebvrea

Lereschia

Libanotis

Herbs rarely subshrubs, perennial, stout, sometimes small, rarely acaulescent. Taproot conic, unbranched, caudex simple, rarely branched, woody. Stem often strongly angled and fluted, base densely clothed with fibrous leaf remains. Basal leaves 1-4-pinnate or 1-4-pinnatisect; ultimate segments linear, ovate or lanceolate, entire or lobed. Umbels compound, terminal and lateral; bracts few to numerous or absent; rays numerous to few; bracteoles several, linear or lanceolate. Calyx teeth conspicuous, linear, triangular or elliptic. Petals white, rarely pinkish, ovate or obcordate, apex narrow, inflexed. Stylopodium low-conic, margins often undulate at the base. Fruit ovoid or oblong, slightly to moderately dorsally compressed; dorsal ribs filiform, low or prominent, acute-ridged, lateral ribs sometimes slightly broader; vittae 1-2(-3) in each furrow, 2-4 (rarely 6-8) on commissure. Seed face plane. Carpophore entire or 2-parted.[6] [more]

Ligusticum

Ligusticum is a genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, native to cool temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Its name is believed to derive from the Italian region of Liguria. [more]

Lisaea

Lomatium

Lomatium is a genus of 70 to 80 perennial herbs native to western North America. [more]

Mackinlaya

Mackinlaya is a genus of flowering plant of family Apiaceae (formerly placed in Araliaceae). It comprises 5 species, native to Queensland, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands, New Guinea, Sulawesi and the Philippines. [more]

Malabaila

Marlothiella

Marlothiella is a genus of in the Apiaceae family. It contains the following species: [more]

Meum

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Micropleura

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Monizia

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Mulinum

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Myrrhidendron

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Myrrhis

Cicely or Sweet Cicely (Myrrhis odorata) is a belonging to the family Apiaceae, native to Central Europe; it is the sole species in the genus Myrrhis. It is a tall herbaceous perennial plant, growing to 2 m tall. The leaves are finely divided, feathery, up to 50 cm long. The flowers are white, about 2-4 mm across, produced in large umbels. The seeds are slender, 15-25 mm long and 3-4 mm broad. [more]

Naufraga

Naufraga is a genus of in the Apiaceae family. It contains the following species: [more]

Niphogeton

Niphogeton is a genus of in the Apiaceae family. It contains the following species: [more]

Nirarathamnos

Nirarathamnos is a genus of in the Apiaceae family. It contains the following species: [more]

Oenanthe

Oenanthe is the name of two genera: [more]

Opopanax

A Genus in the Kingdom Plantae. [more]

Oreofraga

Oreofraga is a genus of in the Apiaceae family. It contains the following species: [more]

Oreomyrrhis

Herbs perennial and caespitose. Stem inconspicuous or very short, branching from base. Leaves all basal; petiole with membranous sheath at base; blade oblong to ovate, 12-pinnate; ultimate segments linear-lanceolate, minute. Umbels simple, 420-flowered; peduncles long, scapelike; bracts 410, leaflike, oblanceolate, entire, pinnatifid or pinnate, often longer than umbels. Flowers small, white, bisexual. Calyx teeth obsolete. Petals oblong, apex acute and incurved. Stylopodium shortly conic or conic. Fruit oblong-ovoid or oblong-linear, gradually tapered to apex, slightly flattened laterally, commissure constricted; ribs 5, obtuse ridged; vittae 1 in each furrow, 2 on commissure. Seed face slightly concave. Carpophore bifid at apex.[7] [more]

Orlaya

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Osmorhiza

Osmorhiza is a genus of North American perennial herbs, known generally as Sweet Cicely or Sweetroot. Osmorhiza longistylis was used by Native Americans to treat digestive disorders and as a wash for wounds. [more]

Pastinaca

Herbs biennial. Rootstock thick, long-conic. Stem hollow or solid, ribbed. Leaves pinnate, usually glabrous on both surfaces; pinnae serrate or pinnatifid, sessile. Umbels terminal and lateral; bracts and bracteoles absent; rays numerous, ascending. Calyx teeth minute, triangular. Petals ovate, yellow, incurved at apex. Stylopodium short-conic; styles short, divaricate. Fruit broad ellipsoid, glabrous, strongly flattened dorsally; dorsal ribs thinly filiform, the lateral broadly winged; vittae 1 in each furrow, 2-4 on commissure. Seed face plane.[8] [more]

Petagnaea

Petagnia

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Petroselinum

Petroselinum (parsley) is a genus of two species of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, native to western and southern Europe and northern Africa. They are bright green hairless biennial herbaceous plants, rarely annual plants. In the first year, they form a rosette of pinnate to tripinnate leaves and a tap root used as a food store over the winter, in the second year growing a flowering stem up to 1 m tall with sparser leaves and umbels of white or pinkish to yellowish-green flowers. [more]

Peucedanum

Peucedanum is a genus of flowering plant in the Apiaceae family. It contains the following species: [more]

Physocaulis

Physospermum

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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.[9] [more]

Pleurospermum

Herbs perennial, rarely biennial. Root crown often surrounded with fibrous remnant sheaths. Stems erect, sometimes shortened. Leaves 14-pinnate or ternate-pinnate; ultimate segments serrate to incised or pinnate. Umbels terminal and lateral; bracts several, entire or pinnate, margin usually white scarious; rays often extending in fruit; bracteoles numerous, scarious, sometimes white margined. Calyx teeth conspicuous or obsolete. Petals oblong to broad-ovate, white or purple-red, base clawed, apex narrow, inflexed. Stylopodium conic or short-conic. Fruit oblong to broad-ovoid, slightly flattened laterally, glabrous, often with numerous, shining tubercules; ribs prominent and acute, sometimes undulate, cristate or narrowly winged; vittae 1(3) in each furrow, 2(or 4 or 6) on commissure. Seed face concave. Carpophore 2-parted.[10] [more]

Polemanniopsis

Polylophium

Prangos

Herbs, perennial. Root long-conic, woody. Stem erect, branched, base clothed in stiff or fibrous remnant sheaths. Basal leaves caespitose, petiolate, sheathing at base; blade 3-4-pinnate; ultimate segments linear, entire. Leaves reduced upwards. Umbels compound, terminal or lateral; bracts several, linear or lanceolate; bracteoles similar to bracts. Calyx teeth obsolete. Petals white or yellow, ovate or elliptic, apex incurved. Stylopodium depressed, almost hidden in the apex of mature fruit; styles short, spreading. Fruit oblong to ellipsoid, somewhat dorsally compressed; ribs 5, dorsal ribs filiform, lateral ribs winged, or all ribs inconspicuous; mesocarp thick, corky; vittae numerous, small, encircling seed. Seed face inflexed into a deep T-shaped groove. Carpophore 2-parted.[11] [more]

Pternopetalum

Herbs, annual or perennial. Taproots fusiform. Stem erect. Basal leaves petiolate, sheaths ovate. Cauline leaves similar or heteromorphic to the basal, smaller or absent. Inflorescence branching or unbranched, branches bearing terminal umbels; bracts usually absent; rays 4 40, unequal, erect to ascending in flower, spreading widely and lengthening in fruit; bracteoles 1 4, linear-lanceolate, unequal; umbellules very few flowered, 2 3( 5) -flowered; pedicels extremely unequal. Calyx teeth evident triangular or subulate, subequal, sometimes obscure. Petals white or purplish, ovate or long-obovate, base attenuate and thickening near attachment, apex narrow, inflexed, rarely plane. Stylopodium either conic and long-tapering into elongate erect styles (styles usually twice as long as the stylopodium) or low-conic abruptly tapering into short, deflexed styles (shorter than or equal to the stylopodium) . Fruit oblong-ovoid or ovoid, slightly laterally compressed, glabrous; ribs 5, denticulate, finely scabrid or filiform; vittae 1 3 in each furrow, 2 4 on the commissure. Seed face plane. Carpophore 2-parted or bifid.[12] [more]

Pterygopleurum

Herbs, perennial, essentially glabrous, inflorescence slightly scabrulous. Root fusiform. Stem erect, branched, striate, sometimes rooting at basal nodes. Basal leaves petiolate, sheathing; blade 1-2-pinnate or ternate-2-3-pinnate; ultimate segments linear or linear-lanceolate, entire. Inflorescence little-branched, umbels compound, terminal and lateral, rarely only terminal; bracts and bracteoles linear; rays rather few, spreading. Calyx teeth conspicuous. Petals white, obovate, base cuneate, apex retuse with small incurved lobule. Stylopodium conic; styles slightly longer than the stylopodium, reflexed. Fruit ovoid, slightly compressed laterally; ribs 5, prominent, corky dilated at base, narrowly winged; vittae 1 in each furrow, 2 on commissure. Seed face plane. Carpophore 2-cleft to base.[13] [more]

Pycnocycla

Pyramidoptera

Rughidia

Rughidia is a genus of in the Apiaceae family. It contains the following species: [more]

Sandix

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Sanicula

Sanicula is a genus of plants in family Apiaceae (or Umbelliferae), the same family to which the carrot and parsnip belong. This genus has about 40 species worldwide, with 22 in North America. The common names usually include the label sanicle or black snakeroot. [more]

Scandix

Herbs annual. Stem slender, erect, branching above, shortly pubescent. Leaves petiolate; petioles narrowly sheathing for most of their length (especially in upper leaves) blade (1) 23-pinnate, ultimate segments narrowly linear (Chinese species). Umbels compound, terminal and lateral; bracts absent (or 1) ; rays few, sometimes reduced to one; bracteoles several, lobed or dissected. Calyx teeth obsolete. Petals white, oblong, with a narrow incurved apex, sometimes unequal (radiate) in the outer flowers. Stylopodium flattened; styles erect, small. Fruit sub-cylindrical, slightly compressed laterally, erect; beak up to four times as long as the seed-bearing part; ribs slender, prominent; vittae very small. Seed face involute with deeply incurved lateral margins. Carpophore deeply bifid at apex.[14] [more]

Schrenkia

Herbs perennial. Taproot woody, crown surrounded by fibrous remnant sheaths. Stem ribbed, lower branches alternate, the upper opposite, whorled or cymose. Leaves 2-4-pinnate-pinnatisect; petioles wholly sheathing. Umbels compound, terminal or lateral; bracts small, deciduous; bracteoles several. Flowers polygamous. Calyx teeth conspicuous, subulate-lanceolate, persistent. Petals white, oblong to ovate, base clawlike, apex notched and slightly incurved. Stylopodium low-conic; styles reflexed. Fruit biglobose (didymous), broader than long, glabrous, not separating at maturity; pericarp leathery; ribs inconspicuous (Chinese species) ; vittae obscure. Seed face concave. Carpophore fused to mericarps.[15] [more]

Seseli

Herbaceous, perennials, sometimes woody at base. Taproot conic, caudex woody, undivided or branched. Stem terete, rarely hollow. Leaf blade 1-3-pinnate or pinnately decompound, rarely ternately dissected or simple and undivided. Umbels compound; bracts few or absent; rays few to many; bracteoles few to many, lanceolate or linear, bases often connate, scarious or scarious-margined; umbellules few- to many-flowered; pedicels short or long, occasionally subsessile. Calyx teeth obsolete or minute. Petals white or yellow, suborbicular or oblong, emarginate, apex broadly or narrowly inflexed, abaxially often pubescent or hirsute. Stylopodium conic or depressed. Fruit ovoid or ellipsoid, moderately or slightly dorsally compressed, glabrous or variously hairy; ribs prominent, rounded or keeled, subequal, marginal ribs sometimes narrowly winged; vittae 1-2(-4) in each furrow, 2 (rarely 4-8) on commissure. Seed face plane. Carpophore 2-cleft to base.[16] [more]

Silaus

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Sium

Sium is a genus of flowering plant in the Apiaceae family. It contains the following species: [more]

Smyrniopsis

Smyrnium

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Sphallerocarpus

Herbs perennial. Stem terete, much branched, pubescent (especially around nodes). Leaves 2-3-pinnate, very finely divided. Umbels compound, terminal and lateral; bracts absent; rays numerous; bracteoles several, ovate-lanceolate, margin scarious. Flowers of the terminal umbels almost wholly bisexual, staminate flowers sometimes present in lateral umbels, outer petals of outer umbels often radiant. Calyx teeth minute, subulate or obsolete. Petals obovate. Stylopodium conic or depressed, entire or undulate; styles short, erect or recurved. Fruit ellipsoid-oblong, slightly flattened laterally, constricted at commissure; ribs 5, prominent, undulate; vittae 2-3 in each furrow, 4-6 on commissure. Seed face broadly sulcate. Carpophore bifid, cleft to near base.[17] [more]

Steganotaenia

Steganotaenia is a genus of in the Apiaceae family. It contains the following species: [more]

Stilbocarpa

Stilbocarpa is a of flowering plant most often placed in the family Araliaceae; it might be closer to the Apiaceae however. It comprises 3 species, all of which are endemic to New Zealand. [more]

Szovitsia

Tauschia

Tauschia is a genus of flowering plants in the which are known as umbrellaworts. These are perennial plants with taproots or tubers and foliage generally resembling that of relatives parsley and carrot. Tauschia are native to the Americas. [more]

Thapsia

Thapsia is a genus of in the Helicarionidae family. It contains the following species: [more]

Thorella

Caropsis verticillatoinundata is a species of in the Apiaceae, the only member of the genus Caropsis. It is endemic to Western Europe and Southwestern Europe. [more]

Tordylium

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Torilis

Torilis is a genus of plants closely related to parsley which are known generally as the hedge parsleys. They are native to Eurasia and North Africa but have been introduced to other continents. T. arvensis is quite widespread in North America but is facing population decline in the UK. [more]

Trachydium

Herbs perennial, small. Taproot long-conic, rarely fusiform. Stem simple, usually very short and appearing acaulescent. Basal leaves petiolate, petioles sheathing. Leaves reduced upwards. Inflorescence branching, umbels compound, terminal on stem and branches; bracts entire, 2 3-lobed to pinnate or absent; rays 5 20, those of primary terminal umbel stout, spreading-ascending or diffuse; bracteoles similar to bracts or absent; umbellules 10 30-flowered. Calyx teeth usually minute or obsolete. Petals ovate or obovate, white or purplish-red, base cuneate or shortly clawed, apex incurved and notched. Stylopodium low-conic; styles spreading to reflexed. Fruit broadly ovoid, rarely oblong-ovoid, slightly laterally compressed, glabrous, sometimes with small tubercles between ribs; ribs filiform, conspicuous; vittae 1 4 in each furrow, 4 8 on commissure. Seed face slightly to deeply concave. Carpophore various.[18] [more]

Trachyspermum

Herbs, perennial or annual. Taproot narrow. Stem erect, terete, much-branched, usually puberulous, rarely glabrous. Basal leaves 23-pinnate-ternate/pinnatisect; ultimate segments ovate, narrowly lanceolate to filiform, sessile or short-petiolulate, base usually broad-cuneate or truncate, margin sparingly irregularly serrate, dentate or entire, glabrous on both surfaces. Umbels compound, loose, terminal and lateral; peduncles slender; bracts and bracteoles absent, rarely present, linear; rays few, slender. Calyx teeth obsolete. Petals white, obovate, apex narrow, inflexed, abaxially sparsely scaberulous. Stylopodium conic; styles short, divaricate. Fruit ovoid-globose or broadly ellipsoid, base rounded or cordate, slightly flattened laterally, nearly round in cross section, white strigose or papillose; ribs 5, filiform, prominent to scarcely so; vittae (1) 23 in each furrow, 26 on commissure. Seed face plane. Carpophore 2-cleft to base.[19] [more]

Trinia

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Turgenia

Herbs annual, all parts densely pubescent, gray-white hirsute. Tap root slender. Stem thinly ribbed, branched. Leaves pinnate (rarely 2-pinnate/pinnatifid) ; petioles with narrow membranous sheath; pinnae narrowly oblong, coarsely dentate, sessile, the terminal decurrent at base. Umbels terminal and lateral; rays few, lax; bracts and bracteoles present. Flowers polygamous; outer flowers of umbellules bisexual, inner staminate. Calyx teeth subulate-lanceolate, prominent. Petals purple-red to pinkish white, obovate, the outer enlarged (radiant) obreniform, apex notched, with narrow inflexed lobe. Stylopodium conic; styles short. Fruit ovoid, flattened laterally, densely covered with prickles or bristles; primary and secondary ribs evident, primary ribs bearing 3 rows of bristles, the secondary ribs 1 row of bristles; vittae 1 in each furrow (under each secondary rib) and often 2 under each primary rib, 2 on commissure. Seed face involute with deeply incurved lateral margins. Carpophore bifid at apex.[20] [more]

Xanthosia

Xanthosia is a genus of plants of family Mackinlayaceae, but sometimes also placed in Araliaceae or Apiaceae. It comprises 20 species of shrubs endemic to Australia. The habit may also be as a herb. They are found in all Australian states, but not found in the Northern Territory. [more]

Ziza

Zosima

Herbs, biennial or monocarpic perennial. Root fusiform, yellow-red. Stem usually solitary, densely pubescent, angled, corymbose-branched, base clothed in fibrous remnant sheaths. Leaves 12 pinnatisect. Inflorescence compound umbels; bracts and bracteoles present; flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx teeth minute. Petals whitish, obcordate, apex narrow, inflexed, outer petals slightly enlarged (radiant). Fruit broadly ovate, strongly dorsally compressed, densely minute-pubescent; dorsal ribs filiform, marginal ribs broadly thin-winged, distal parts inflated and corky; outer mesocarp layer parenchymatous, inner layer sclerified; vittae large, 1 in each furrow, 2 on commissure. Seed face plane. Carpophore 2-parted to base.[21] [more]

Zozimia

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Footnotes

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  2. Pan Zehui, Mark F. Watson "Conium". in Flora of China Vol. 14 Page 58. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
  3. Pu Fa-ting, Mark F. Watson "Cuminum". in Flora of China Vol. 14 Page 75. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
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  5. Pan Zehui, Mark F. Watson "Krasnovia". in Flora of China Vol. 14 Page 27. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
  6. Sheh Meng-lan, Michael G. Pimenov, Eugene V. Kljuykov, Mark F. Watson "Libanotis". in Flora of China Vol. 14 Page 117. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
  7. "Oreomyrrhis". in Flora of China Vol. 14 Page 30. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
  8. Pan Zehui, Mark F. Watson "Pastinaca". in Flora of China Vol. 14 Page 193. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
  9. Pu Fa-ting, Mark F. Watson "Pimpinella". in Flora of China Vol. 14 Page 93. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
  10. "Pleurospermum". in Flora of China Vol. 14 Page 40. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
  11. Pan Zehui, Mark F. Watson "Prangos". in Flora of China Vol. 14 Page 58. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
  12. Nang Ban Qin Shu "Pternopetalum". in Flora of China Vol. 14 Page 85. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
  13. Pu Fa-ting, Mark F. Watson "Pterygopleurum". in Flora of China Vol. 14 Page 135. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
  14. Sheh Meng-lan, Mark F. Watson "Scandix". in Flora of China Vol. 14 Page 29. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
  15. Pan Zehui, Mark F. Watson "Schrenkia". in Flora of China Vol. 14 Page 30. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
  16. Sheh Meng-lan, Michael G. Pimenov, Eugene V. Kljuykov, Mark F. Watson "Seseli". in Flora of China Vol. 14 Page 122. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
  17. Sheh Meng-lan, Mark F. Watson "Sphallerocarpus". in Flora of China Vol. 14 Page 25. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
  18. Pu Fading (Pu Fa-ting), Mark F. Watson "Trachydium". in Flora of China Vol. 14 Page 56. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
  19. Sheh Meng-lan, Mark F. Watson "Trachyspermum". in Flora of China Vol. 14 Page 77. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
  20. Pan Zehui, Mark F. Watson "Turgenia". in Flora of China Vol. 14 Page 28. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
  21. Pan Zehui, Michael G. Pimenov "Zosima". in Flora of China Vol. 14 Page 194. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

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