Prionosciadium

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Prionosciadium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Subfamily: Apioideae
Genus: Prionosciadium
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Prionosciadium is a genus in the carrot family, Apiaceae. It is native to Mexico, Colombia and Central America. Over 30 specific names have been proposed, though not all of them widely accepted.[1]

Uses

The Mountain Pima (Pima Bajo) peoples of the Sierra Madre Occidental of Chihuahua eat the taproots of Prionosciadium saraviki Laferr.[2]

Species


References

  1. ↑ John Merle Coulter, Joseph Nelson Rose - 1900. A Synopsis of Mexican and Central American Umbelliferae. Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci. 1:111-159.
  2. ↑ Laferrière, Joseph E. 1997b. Prionosciadium saraviki (Apiaceae): a new species from the Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico. Phytologia 81(2):121-123.
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