Tauschia
| Tauschia | |
|---|---|
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| Tauschia arguta | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Tribe: | Selineae |
| Genus: | Tauschia Schlecht. |
| Species | |
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About 35, see text. | |
Tauschia is a genus of flowering plants in the carrot family which are known as umbrellaworts.[1] These are perennial plants with taproots or tubers and foliage generally resembling that of relatives parsley and carrot. Tauschia are native to the Americas.
Selected species:
- Tauschia arguta - southern umbrellawort
- Tauschia glauca - glaucus umbrellawort
- Tauschia hartwegii - Hartweg's umbrellawort
- Tauschia howellii - Howell's umbrellawort
- Tauschia kelloggii - Kellogg's umbrellawort
- Tauschia parishii - Parish's umbrellawort
- Tauschia stricklandii - Strickland's umbrellawort
- Tauschia tenuissima - Leiberg's umbrellawort
- Tauschia texana - Texas umbrellawort
References
- ↑ "Tauschia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
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