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Apiaceae

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Apiaceae (), also called Umbelliferae, is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants named after the type genus Apium, and commonly known as the celery, carrot, or parsley family, or simply as umbellifers. It is the 16th-largest family of flowering plants, with more than 3,800 species in about 446 genera, including such well-known, and economically important plants as ajwain, angelica, anise, asafoetida, caraway, carrot, celery, chervil, coriander, cumin, dill, fennel, lovage, cow parsley, parsley, parsnip and sea holly, as well as silphium, a plant whose exact identity is unclear and which

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Apiaceae is a family of plants within the order Apiales. It belongs to the class Magnoliopsida, phylum Tracheophyta, and kingdom Plantae. The taxonomic type for this family is Apium. Members of Apiaceae produce achenes as their fruit type and utilize CAM photosynthesis. The family has been described in sources such as the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.

The taxon is accepted in WoRMS, which lists its habitats as marine, brackish, and freshwater. Common names for the family include flockblommiga, خيمية, Kərəvüzkimilər, Парасонавыя, and Сенникоцветни. Records from iDigBio indicate the presence of the family in Mexico, with specimens held by institutions such as DERN-IMECBIO-CUCSUR-UDG, FCF-UANL, CICY, FC-UNAM, and INECOL.

Synthesized by Vinony from 44 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, PubMed, Gbif Occ, Plants of the World, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Species

flockblommiga

Apiaceae

FAMILY

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderApiales
  5. FamilyApiaceae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations recorded13,162,950

傘形科（学名：Apiaceae）是傘形目下的一科，是一类具有繖形花序的植物。花小型，具有五片花瓣。這些排列成繖狀的花序，稱為繖形花序。 此科下包含有孜然、香芹、香菜、胡蘿蔔、蒔蘿、葛縷子、当归、白芷、独活、毒芹、明日葉等植物。此科约有280属和2500种，分布在北温带、亚热带或热带的高山上。中国大约有90属、500多种，全国均有分布。伞形科包括很多日常食用的蔬菜和调料。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
4,220
With media
2,689
Family
Apiaceae
Collections
DERN-IMECBIO-CUCSUR-UDG, FCF-UANL, CICY, FC-UNAM, INECOL, IBUNAM
Recorded in
Mexico
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Research

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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • Taxonomy
  • Classification and phylogeny
  • Evolution
  • Genera
  • Ecology
  • Uses
  • Cultivation
  • Other uses
  • Toxicity
  • References
  • Further reading
  • External links

Apiaceae (), also called Umbelliferae, is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants named after the type genus Apium, and commonly known as the celery, carrot, or parsley family, or simply as umbellifers. It is the 16th-largest family of flowering plants, with more than 3,800 species in about 446 genera, including such well-known, and economically important plants as ajwain, angelica, anise, asafoetida, caraway, carrot, celery, chervil, coriander, cumin, dill, fennel, lovage, cow parsley, parsley, parsnip and sea holly, as well as silphium, a plant whose exact identity is unclear and which may be extinct.

The family Apiaceae includes a significant number of phototoxic species, such as giant hogweed, and a smaller number of highly poisonous species, such as poison hemlock, water hemlock, spotted cowbane, fool's parsley, and various species of water dropwort.

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