Thaspium
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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 meadowparsnip[2] or meadow-parsip.
Species
There are five accepted Thaspium species and one accepted variety:[1]
- Thaspium barbinode (Michx.) Nutt. – hairyjoint meadowparsnip[3]
- Thaspium chapmanii (J.M. Coult. & Rose) Small – hairy meadow-parsnip[4]
- 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
- ^ a b Thaspium The Plant List (2010). Version 1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (retrieved 20 Nov. 2011).
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Thaspium". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ^ 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 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.
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