Prionosciadium

Prionosciadium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Subfamily: Apioideae
Genus: Prionosciadium
S. Wats.
Type species
Prionosciadium madrense
S. Wats.[1][2]

Prionosciadium is a genus in the carrot family, Apiaceae. It is endemic to Mexico. The plants are biennial herbs with large taproots.[3][4][5]

Species[6]
  1. Prionosciadium bellii Mathias & Constance - Michoacán
  2. Prionosciadium cuneatum J.M.Coult. & Rose - Jalisco
  3. Prionosciadium diversifolium Rose - Guerrero
  4. Prionosciadium humile Rose - Nuevo León
  5. Prionosciadium lilacinum Mathias & Constance - Jalisco, Nayarit
  6. Prionosciadium linearifolium (S. Watson) J.M.Coult. & Rose - Puebla and Zacatecas
  7. Prionosciadium madrense S. Wats. - Chihuahua
  8. Prionosciadium megacarpum J.M.Coult. & Rose - Oaxaca
  9. Prionosciadium nelsonii J.M.Coult. & Rose - Morelos, Chiapas
  10. Prionosciadium saraviki Laferr. - Chihuahua
  11. Prionosciadium thapsoides (DC.) Mathias - Veracruz, Mexico State
  12. Prionosciadium townsendii Rose - Chihuahua
  13. Prionosciadium watsonii J.M.Coult. & Rose - Durango, Sinaloa, Oaxaca

References

  1. ↑ lectotype designated by M. E. Mathias & L. Constance, N. Amer. Fl. 28B: 205 (1945)
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Prionosciadium S. Watson
  3. ↑ John Merle Coulter, Joseph Nelson Rose - 1900. A Synopsis of Mexican and Central American Umbelliferae. Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci. 1:111-159.
  4. ↑ Watson, Sereno. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 23(2): 275–276. 1888.
  5. ↑ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2009. Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. 4(1): i–xvi, 1–855. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F..
  6. ↑ The Plant List search for Prionosciadium
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