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Cuminum

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Cuminum is a genus of four flowering plants in the family Apiaceae. The most significant is Cuminum cyminum, source for the cumin seeds that are a popular spice.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderApiales
  5. FamilyApiaceae
Native toAfghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Lebanon-Syria, Pakistan, Sudan-South Sudan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang
Observations recorded918

General: Cuminum (ancient Roman name of the plant taken from the Gr

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
7
With media
9
Family
Apiaceae
Collections
CHAS, NY, VT, UPS
Recorded in
Italy, Malta, Bolivia, Czech Republic

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Apiaceae
Image
Historical CUMIN.jpg
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taxon name
Cuminum
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Cuminum
topic's main category
Category:Cuminum
taxon common name
孜然芹属
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Cuminum is a genus of four flowering plants in the family Apiaceae. The most significant is Cuminum cyminum, source for the cumin seeds that are a popular spice.

==References==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cuminum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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