Daucus L.

Details

Name scientific

Daucus L., Sp. Pl. 242-243 (1753)

Preferred name

Daucus L.

Linked name

Daucus

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Indigenous, non-endemic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

Nomenclature

Original authors

Authors

Publication place

Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.

Year published

1753

Publication page

242-243

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Daucus L.

Taxonomic rank

genus

Canonical form

Daucus

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Apiales

Family

Umbelliferae

Genus

Daucus

Subordinates

Synonyms

Melanoselinum Hoffm.

Descriptions

Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Daucus L.

Description

Umbels us. compound, bracts us. ∞; calyx-teeth small or obsolete; petals white to red, notched, inflexed at apex. Fr. ± ovoid-cylindric. Mericarps convex; 5 primary ribs very slender, us. with double row of short spreading bristles; 4 secondary ribs prominent, with a row of conspicuous glochidiate bristles. Vittae under primary ridges. Annual to biennial tap-rooted herbs with few to many branches; lvs pinnately compound. About 60 spp., mostly of northern hemisphere.

Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Daucus L.

Description

Annual or biennial herbs, usually hairy. Lvs (1)-2-3-pinnate; segments usually narrow. Umbels usually compound, rarely simple, pedunculate; bracts and bracteoles numerous or 0, entire, pinnate or pinnatisect. Petals white, pink, yellow or purplish, usually irregular, with apex notched and inflexed; calyx teeth small or 0. Fr. ellipsoid to ovoid, terete or somewhat flattened dorsally, not beaked, commissure narrow; ribs 9 per mericarp, primary filiform and usually ciliate, secondary stouter and spinous; vittae solitary.

Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Melanoselinum Hoffm.

Description

Monocarpic biennials or perennials, usually hairy; stems woody. Lvs 2-3-pinnate; segments broad. Umbels compound, pedunculate; bracts and bracteoles numerous, entire. Petals white to purplish, ± regular, with apex entire, acuminate, inflexed; calyx teeth small. Fr. oblong to ovoid, flattened dorsally, not beaked, spineless, but often pubescent; commissure broad; ribs 5 per mericarp, the dorsal slender, the lateral with a thin denticulate wing; lateral wings of opposing mericarps not appressed; vittae several in furrows.