APIACEAE
(umbellifers)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Aegopodium podagraria
Ground Elder, Ground-elder, Goutweed, Bishop’s Weed
Leaves (Click to open)
 		Species 24 images
Aethusa cynapium
Fool’s Parsley
(Click to open)
 		Species 7 images
Angelica
a genus of flowering plants
(Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 29 images
Anthriscus
a genus of umbellifers
Flowers (Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 19 images
Apium
fool’s water-cresses, marshworts & celeries
(Click to open)
 		Genus 3 subtaxa 18 images 4 ident. refs
Berula erecta
Lesser Water-parsnip
(Click to open)
 		Species 2 images 1 ident. refs
Bupleurum
thorow-waxes and hare’s-ears
Plant (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 6 images 1 ident. refs
Carum verticillatum
Whorled Caraway
Leaf (Click to open)Leaf (Click to open)
 		Species 48 images 1 ident. refs
Chaerophyllum
chervils
(Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 20 images
Conium maculatum
Hemlock
(Click to open)
 		Species 11 images
Conopodium majus
Pignut
Leaf (Click to open)
 		Species 9 images
Crithmum maritimum
Rock Samphire
Plant (Click to open)
 		Species 7 images
Daucus
a genus of flowering plants
(Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 100 images
Eryngium
eryngoes
(Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 29 images
Falcaria vulgaris
Longleaf
Leaf (Click to open)
 		Species 10 images
Ferula
a genus of flowering plants
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Foeniculum vulgare
Fennel
(Click to open)
 		Species 3 images
Heracleum
hogweeds
(Click to open)
 		Genus 3 subtaxa 76 images 1 ident. refs
Myrrhis odorata
Sweet Cicely
(Click to open)
 		Species 12 images
Oenanthe
water-dropworts
(Click to open)
 		Genus 5 subtaxa 81 images 1 ident. refs
Pastinaca sativa
Wild Parsnip
(Click to open)
 		Species 1 subtaxa 9 images
Peucedanum
a genus of umbellifers
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Physospermum cornubiense
Bladderseed, Cornish Bladderseed
(Click to open)
 		Species 25 images
Pimpinella
burnet-saxifrages
(Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 2 images
Sanicula europaea
Sanicle
(Click to open)
 		Species 7 images
Scandix
a genus of flowering plants
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Silaum silaus
Pepper Saxifrage, Pepper-saxifrage
(Click to open)
 		Species 22 images
Sison amomum
Stone Parsley
(Click to open)
 		Species 3 images
Sium latifolium
Great Water-parsnip, Greater Water-parsnip
Species 1 ident. refs
Smyrnium
alexanders
(Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 64 images
Torilis
hedge-parsleys
Infructescence (Click to open)
 		Genus 2 subtaxa 39 images
Trinia glauca
Honewort
Plant (Click to open)
 		Species 8 images 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyAPIACEAE (umbellifers)
OrderAPIALES (umbellifers, ivies and pennyworts)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Poland, J. 2005 Milk matters - the importance of latex in vegetative identification BSBI News No 100: 21-22.
Tutin, T.G. 1980 Umbellifers of the British Isles BSBI Handbooks, No 2, 197pp, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI)

APIACEAE (umbellifers) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for APIACEAE (umbellifers)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 861 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for APIACEAE (umbellifers)

Umbelliferae

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