Zizia

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Zizia
Zizia aurea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Zizia
W.D.J.Koch[1]
Species

about 3

Zizia is a genus of flowering plants in the parsley family, Apiaceae. It was named after Johann Baptist Ziz (1779–1829), a German botanist from the Rhineland.[2] It is native to North America.[2]

Like most other plants in the family, these produce umbels of flowers.[3]

Species include:[4]

  • Zizia aptera heartleaf alexanders, meadowparsnip, meadow zizia
  • Zizia aurea golden alexanders, golden zizia
  • Zizia trifoliata meadow alexanders

References

  1. Zizia W.D.J.Koch. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
  2. 2.0 2.1 Ovalleaf Golden Alexanders (Zizea aptera). Native Wildflowers of the North Dakota Grasslands. Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. USGS.
  3. Genus of the Month: Zizia. Kesseli Lab, University of Massachusetts, Boston.
  4. Zizia. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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