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Description
Genus 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.
About 20 species: N temperate
zone; four species (one endemic) in China.
This widespread genus has very uncertain limits
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Taxonomy
)Notes
Publishing author : Benth. & Hook.f. Publication : Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 1(3): 891 1867 [Sep 1867]
Similar Species
Members of the genus Carum
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
C. anisum (Anise Burnet Saxifrage) · C. carvi (Caraway) · C. majus (Bishop's Flower)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10502112
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 839704-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3797558
Footnotes
- Pu Fa-ting, Mark F. Watson "Carum". in Flora of China Vol. 14 Page 81. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
