Cuminum

Cuminum cyminum Typus

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Apiaceae
Subfamilia: Apioideae
Tribus: Scandiceae
Subtribus: Daucinae
Genus: Cuminum
Species: C. borszczowii – C. cyminum – C. setifolium – C. sudanense

Name

Cuminum Tourn. ex L. Sp. Pl. 1: 254 (1753).

• Type species: Cuminum cyminum L., Sp. Pl. 1: 254 (1753).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Cuminia J.F.Gmel., Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 309 (1791).
  • Cyminon St.-Lag., Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 65 (1880).
  • Luerssenia Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 268 (1891).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe (introduced) Regional: Northern Europe Great Britain. Regional: Middle Europe Germany. Regional: Southwestern Europe France, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Bulgaria, Sicilia. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia (introduced). Regional: West Tropical Africa Benin (introduced). Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Eritrea (introduced), Sudan-South Sudan. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan. Regional: Caucasus Transcaucasus (introduced). Regional: Western Asia Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria. Regional: Arabian Peninsula Saudi Arabia (introduced). Regional: China Xinjiang. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India (introduced), Pakistan, West Himalaya (introduced). Regional: Indo-China Andaman Islands, Laos, Nicobar Islands (introduced). Continental: Northern America (introduced) Regional: Northeastern U.S.A. Massachusetts. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Regional: Mexico Mexico Northeast. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 254. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Cuminum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Dec 22. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Cuminum. Accessed: 22 Dec 2025. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Cuminum. Published online. Accessed: 22 Dec 2025. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2025. Cuminum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Dec 2025. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Kreuzkümmel
• English: Cumin
• svenska: Spiskumminar

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