Torilis anthriscus

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Interesting Facts

Description

Genus Torilis

Herbs annual or sometimes perennial , bristly , hispid or appressed pubescent throughout. Stem erect , much branched, ridged , leafy throughout. Leaf blade 1 2-pinnate or pinnately decompound ; ultimate segments lanceolate to oblong , densely toothed to deeply lobed , both surfaces strigose with appressed hairs. Umbels loosely compound or capitate, terminal and/or lateral ; bracts few or absent; rays 2 12, spreading-ascending, or umbellules sessile; bracteoles 2 8, linear or subulate . Calyx teeth small, triangular to acute-lanceolate. Petals white or purplish red, obovate , with a narrow inflexed apex, appressed-strigose on abaxial surface. Stylopodium thick, conic; styles short. Fruit round-ovoid or oblong, flattened laterally; primary ribs filiform , setulose , lateral ribs displaced onto the commissural surface; secondary ribs hidden by dense, upwardly hooked spines (Chinese taxa) which occupy the entire interval; vittae 1 under the secondary ribs, 2 on commissure . Seed flattened dorsally in cross section , face concave . Carpophore bifid at apex, cleft for 1/3 1/2 of its length .

About 20 species: Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America, Pacific Islands (New Zealand) ; two species in China.[1]

Taxonomy

Similar Species

Members of the genus Torilis

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

T. arvensis (Canada Hedgeparsley) · T. arvensis arvensis (Hedgeparsley) · T. arvensis purpurea (Hedgeparsley) · T. japonica (Erect Hedgeparsley) · T. leptophylla (Bristlefruit Hedgeparsley) · T. nodosa (Knotted Hedge-Parsley) · T. scabra (Rough Hedgeparsley)

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Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5429818
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:849501-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 897891

Footnotes

1. She Menglan (Sheh Meng-lan), Mark F. Watson "Torilis". in Flora of China Vol. 14 Page 28. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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