Pastinaca
| Pastinaca | |
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| A selection of parsnips | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Tribe: | Tordylieae |
| Subtribe: | Tordyliinae |
| Genus: | Pastinaca L. |
| Species | |
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14, see text. | |
Pastinaca (parsnips) is a genus of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, comprising 14 species. Economically, the most important member of the genus is Pastinaca sativa, the parsnip.
Etymology
The etymology of the generic name Pastinaca is not known with certainty. The name may be derived from the Latin word pastino (or pastinare), meaning "to prepare the ground for planting of the vine" (or more simply, "to dig") or the Latin word pastus, meaning "food", liberally translated as "Earth-food".[1][2]
Taxonomy
For comparison, The Plant List, the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), and the National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS) recognize 6, 1, and 16 species in the genus Pastinaca, respectively.
| The Plant List[3] | ITIS[4] | NPGS[5] | Other[6] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pastinaca argyrophylla Delip. | Unresolved | Accepted | ||
| Pastinaca armena Fisch. & C. A. Mey. | Unresolved | Accepted | ||
| Pastinaca fleischmannii Hladnik | Synonym of Pastinaca sativa L. | |||
| Pastinaca fleischmannii Hladnik ex W. D. J. Koch | Accepted | |||
| Pastinaca gelendostensis (Yild. & B. Selvi) Hand | Accepted | |||
| Pastinaca glandulosa Boiss. & Hausskn. | Synonym of Dumaniana glandulosa (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Yıld. & B.Selvi | Accepted | ||
| Pastinaca hirsuta Pančić | Accepted | Accepted | ||
| Pastinaca kochii Duby | Unresolved (may be synonym of Pastinaca sativa subsp. divaricata (Desf.) Rouy & E.G.Camus | Accepted | ||
| Pastinaca latifolia (Duby) DC. | Accepted | |||
| Pastinaca latifolia DC. | Accepted | |||
| Pastinaca lucida L. | Accepted | Accepted | ||
| Pastinaca pimpinellifolia M. Bieb. | Unresolved (may be synonym of Malabaila pimpinellifolia Hoffm.) | Accepted | ||
| Pastinaca sativa L. | Accepted | Accepted | Accepted | |
| Pastinaca sativa subsp. divaricata (Desf.) Rouy & E.G.Camus | Accepted | Not recognized | ||
| Pastinaca sativa subsp. sativa | Accepted | |||
| Pastinaca sativa var. sativa L. | Not accepted | |||
| Pastinaca sativa subsp. sylvestris (Mill.) Rouy & E. G. Camus | Synonym of Pastinaca sativa L. | Not accepted | Accepted | Not recognized |
| Pastinaca sativa subsp. urens (Req. ex Godr.) Čelak. | Accepted | Not recognized | ||
| Pastinaca sativa subsp. urens Čelak. | Synonym of Pastinaca umbrosa Steven | |||
| Pastinaca umbrosa Steven | Accepted | |||
| Pastinaca yildizii Dirmenci | Synonym of Dumaniana yildizii (Dirmenci) Yıld. | Accepted | ||
| Pastinaca zozimoides Fenzl | Synonym of Dumaniana zozimoides (Fenzl) Yıld. & B.Selvi | Accepted |
In summary, 19 species names are accepted by at least one naming authority. Of those, 13 names are uncontested by some other authority.
The following names are accepted by two or more naming authorities: Pastinaca hirsuta Pančić, Pastinaca lucida L., and Pastinaca sativa L. Only one of those names (Pastinaca sativa L.) is accepted by all three naming authorities.
References
- ^ Averill, Kristine M.; Di'Tommaso, Antonio (2007). "Wild parsnip (Pastinaca sativa): A troublesome species of increasing concern" (PDF). Weed Technology. 21: 279–287. doi:10.1614/WT-05-186.1.
- ^ Gledhill, David (2008). The Names of Plants (PDF) (4th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 292. ISBN 9780521866453.
- ^ "Pastinaca". The Plant List. 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
- ^ "Pastinaca L." Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved 12 October 2018.
- ^ "Taxon: Pastinaca spp". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
- ^ Kays, Stanley J. (2011). "3 – Latin binomials and synonyms". Cultivated Vegetables of the World: A Multilingual Onomasticon. Wageningen Academic Publishers. pp. 617–708. ISBN 978-90-8686-720-2.
External links
- Zehui, Pan; Watson, Mark F. "Pastinaca". Flora of China. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
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