Zizia aurea

Zizia aurea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Apiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Apiales

Familia: Apiaceae
Subfamilia: Apioideae
Tribus: Selineae
Genus: Zizia
Species: Zizia aurea

Name

Zizia aurea (L.) W.D.J.Koch, Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 12(1): 129 (1824).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Smyrnium aureum L., Sp. Pl. 1: 262 (1753).
• Homotypic
  • Carum aureum (L.) Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 1(3): 891 (1867), comb. inval.
  • Carum aureum (L.) Alph.Wood, Amer. Bot. Fl. 138 (1870).
  • Sison aureum (L.) Spreng. in Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 6: 410 (1820).
  • Thaspium aureum (L.) Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 196 (1818).
  • Thaspium trifoliatum var. aureum (L.) Britton, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5(16): 240 (1894).
• Heterotypic
  • Smyrnium luteum Muhl., Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 3: 166 (1793), nom. nud.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Western Canada Manitoba. Regional: Eastern Canada New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec. Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Montana. Regional: North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin. Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Koch, W.D.J. 1824. Generum Tribuumque Plantarum Umbelliferarum nova dispositio. Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum 12(1): 55–156. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Zizia aurea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Sept. 10. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2017. Zizia aurea. Published online. Accessed: Feb. 17 2017.
• The Plant List 2013. Zizia aurea in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Feb. 17.
• Tropicos.org 2017. Zizia aurea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Feb. 2017.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Zizia aurea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.
• USDA NRCS PLANTS Profile

Vernacular names

English: common golden alexanders, golden zizia

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