Daucus

Daucus carota

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: Scandiceae
Subtribus: Daucinae
Genus: Daucus
Species: D. aleppicus – D. annuus – D. arcanus – D. aureus – D. biseriatus – D. blanchei – D. broteri – D. capillifolius – D. carota – D. crinitus – D. decipiens – D. della-cellae – D. durieua – D. edulis – D. elegans – D. glaber – D. glaberrimus – D. glochidiatus – D. gracilis – D. guttatus – D. hochstetteri – D. incognitus – D. insularis – D. involucratus – D. jordanicus – D. mauritii – D. melananthos – D. microscias – D. minusculus – D. mirabilis – D. montanus – D. muricatus – D. pedunculatus – D. pumilus – D. pusillus – D. reboudii – D. rouyi – D. sahariensis – D. setifolius – D. syrticus – D. tenuisectus – D. tenuissimus – D. virgatus – D. yemenensis

Name

Daucus L., Sp. Pl. 1: 242 (1753); Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 113 (1754).

• Type species: Daucus carota L. 1: 242 (1753) (Lectotype, designated by N.L. Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N.U.S. ed. 2. 2: 625 (7 Jun 1913); Hitchcock in Sprague et al., Nom. Prop. Brit. Bot. 139 (Aug 1929)).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Carota Rupr. in F.von der Osten-Saken, Sert. Tiansch.: 49 (1869).
• Heterotypic
  • Melanoselinum Hoffm., Gen. Pl. Umbell.: 155 (1814).
    • Type: Selinum decipiens Schrad. & J.C.Wendl.
    • Melanaton Raf., Good Book: 60 (1840).
  • Platyspermum Hoffm., Gen. Pl. Umbell.: 64 (1814).
    • Type: Platyspermum muricatum (L.) Hoffm.
  • Peltactila Raf., New Fl. 4: 28 (1838).
    • Type species: non design.
  • Tiricta Raf., New Fl. 4: 22 (1838).
    • Type: Tiricta daucoides Raf.
  • Staflinus Raf., New Fl. 4: 28 (1838).
    • Type species: non design.
  • Babiron Raf., New Fl. 4: 23 (1838).
    • Type species: non design.
  • Ballimon Raf., New Fl. 4: 28 (1838).
  • Agrocharis Hochst., Flora 27(1): 19 (1844).
    • Type: Agrocharis melantha Hochst.
  • Platydaucon Rchb., Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch: 205 (1841), nom. inval.
  • Durieua Boiss. & Reut. in P.E.Boissier, Diagn. Pl. Nov. Hisp.: 14 (1842), nom. illeg.
    • Type: Durieua hispanica (Lam.) Boiss. & Reuter
  • Tetrapleura Parl. in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 131 (1849), nom. illeg.
    • Type: Tetrapleura insularis Parl.
    • Tornabenea Parl., Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 2: 370 (1850).
  • Monizia Lowe, Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 8: 295 (1856).
    • Type: Monizia edulis Lowe
  • Ammiopsis Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 2: 96 (1856).
    • Type: Ammiopsis daucoides Boiss.
  • Pomelia Durando ex Pomel, Mat. Fl. Atl.: 7 (1860).
    • Type: Pomelia setifolia (Desf.) Durando ex Pomel
  • Ctenodaucus Pomel, Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 1: 145 (1874).
    • Type: Ctenodaucus virgatus (Poir.) Pomel
  • Heterosciadium Lange ex Willk., Suppl. Prodr. Fl. Hispan.: 198 (1893).
    • Type: Heterosciadium androphilum Lange ex Willk.
  • Pseudorlaya (Murb.) Murb., Acta Univ. Lund. 33(12): 86 (1897).
    • Type: Pseudorlaya maritima Murb., nom. illeg.
  • Rouya Coincy, Naturaliste 23: 213 (1901).
    • Type: Rouya polygama (Desf.) Coincy
  • Meopsis (Calest.) Koso-Pol., Vestn. Tiflissk. Bot. Sada 16: 196 (1914).
    • Type species: non design.
  • Caucaliopsis H.Wolff, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 221 (1921).
    • Type: Caucaliopsis stolzii H.Wolff
  • Pachyctenium Maire & Pamp., Arch. Bot. (Forlì) 12: 176 (1936).
    • Type: Pachyctenium mirabile Maire & Pamp.
  • Gynophyge Gilli, Feddes Repert. 84: 181 (1973).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Northern Europe Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden. Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland. Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia. Regional: Eastern Europe Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine. Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara. Regional: Macaronesia Azores, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira, Selvagens. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Rwanda, Zaire. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces. Regional: Western Indian Ocean Mauritius, Madagascar, Réunion, Rodrigues. Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Siberia West Siberia. Regional: Russian Far East Primorye. Regional: Middle Asia Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan. Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus. Regional: Western Asia Afghanistan, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Turkey. Regional: Arabian Peninsula Gulf States, Yemen. Regional: China China South-Central, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, China North-Central, Qinghai, China Southeast, Tibet, Xinjiang. Regional: Mongolia Mongolia. Regional: Eastern Asia Japan, Korea. Continental: Asia-Tropical Regional: Indian Subcontinent Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya. Regional: Indo-China Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Nicobar Islands, Vietnam. Regional: Malesia Jawa. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Norfolk Islands, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia. Regional: New Zealand Chatham Islands, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand North, New Zealand South. Continental: Pacific Regional: South-Central Pacific Easter Islands. Regional: Northwestern Pacific Marianas, Marshall Islands. Regional: North-Central Pacific Hawaii. Continental: Northern America Regional: Western Canada British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan. Regional: Eastern Canada Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec. Regional: Northwestern U.S.A. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming. 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: Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico, Texas. Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia. Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexican Pacific Islands, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast. Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras. Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago. Regional: Northern South America Venezuela. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Regional: Brazil Brazil Southeast, Brazil South. Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Argentina Northwest, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Desventurados Islands, Juan Fernández Islands, Uruguay. Continental: Antarctic Regional: Subantarctic Islands Amsterdam-St.Paul Islands. Note: Grey script indicates introduced occurrences. 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: 242. Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1754. Genera Plantarum, ed. 5: 113. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions: from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. ed. 2. C. Scribner's sons, New York. Vol. 2: 625. Reference page. 
• Hitchcock, A.S. & Green, M.L. 1929. Standard species of Linnaean genera of Phanerogamae (1753–1754). pp. 111–195 in International Botanical Congress. Cambridge (England), 1930. Nomenclature. Proposals by British Botanists. His Majesty's Stationery Office, London. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
• Banasiak, Ł., Wojewódzka, A., Baczyński, J., Reduron, J.-P., Piwczyński, M., Kurzyna-Młynik, R., Gutaker, R., Czarnocka-Cieciura, A., Kosmala-Grzechnik, S. & Spalik, K. 2016. Phylogeny of Apiaceae subtribe Daucinae and the taxonomic delineation of its genera. Taxon 65(3): 563–585. DOI: 10.12705/653.8 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Daucus. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Daucus. Published online. Accessed Aug. 25 2018.
• Tropicos.org 2014. Daucus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 22 Apr. 2014.
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Daucus in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2022 Nov 25.

Vernacular names

العربية: جزر
azərbaycanca: Yerkökü
беларуская: Морква
буряад: Луубан
čeština: mrkev
dansk: Gulerodslægten
Deutsch: Möhren
English: Wild Carrot
eesti: Porgand
suomi: Porkkanat
Nordfriisk: Wochler
hornjoserbsce: Morchej
magyar: Murok
հայերեն: Գազար
ქართული: სტაფილო
lietuvių: Morka
македонски: Морков
polski: Marchew
русский: Морковь
slovenčina: mrkva
svenska: Morotssläktet
తెలుగు: డాకస్
українська: Морква
Tiếng Việt: Chi Cà rốt
中文: 胡萝卜属

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