Thaspium
| Thaspium | |
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| Thaspium barbinode | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Genus: | Thaspium Nutt. |
| Species | |
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Thaspium is a genus of flowering plants in the Apiaceae (parsley or carrot family). A common name for the various Thaspium species is meadow-parsnip or meadowparsip.
Species
There are five accepted Thaspium species and one accepted variety:[1]
- Thaspium barbinode (Michx.) Nutt. – hairyjoint meadowparsnip[2]
- Thaspium chapmanii (J.M. Coult. & Rose) Small – hairy meadow-parsnip[3]
- Thaspium cordatum (Walter) Torr. & A. Gray
- Basionym: Smyrnium cordatum Walter[5]
- Thaspium pinnatifidum (Buckley) A. Gray – cutleaf meadowparsnip[6]
- Basionym: Zizia pinnatifida Buckley
- Thaspium trifoliatum (L.) A. Gray – purple meadowparsnip[7]
- Variety: Thaspium trifoliatum var. aureum (Nutt.) Britton
Species and varieties that were at one time, but not currently accepted as Thaspium include:
- Thaspium trifoliatum var. apterum A. Gray — heart-leaved golden alexanders[8]
- Synonym of: Zizia aptera (A. Gray) Fernald
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Thaspium The Plant List (2010). Version 1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (retrieved 20 Nov. 2011).
- ↑ Thaspium barbinode USDA Plants Database 21 Nov. 2011
- ↑ Thaspium chapmanii Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium 21 Nov. 2011
- ↑ Thaspium chapmanii The Plant List 21 Nov. 2011
- ↑ Thaspium cordatum Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 21 Nov 2011
- ↑ Thaspium pinnatifidum USDA Plants Database 21 Nov. 2011
- ↑ Thaspium trifoliatum USDA Plants Database 21 Nov. 2011
- ↑ Zizia aptera Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium
External links
- "The Unk Weed Remedy," 1872 patent medicine advertisement for extract of Thaspium cordatum originis.