Thapsia thapsioides

Thapsia thapsioides

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: Thapsia
Species: Thapsia thapsioides

Name

Thapsia thapsioides (Desf.) H.T.Simonsen, Rønsted, Weitzel & Spalik, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 174: 635 (2014).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Laserpitium thapsioides Desf., Fl. Atlant. 1: 252 (1798).
• Homotypic
  • Elaeoselinum thapsioides (Desf.) Maire, in Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 19: 28 (1928), nom. illeg.
  • Prangos thapsioides (Desf.) DC. in Prodr. 4: 240 (1830)
  • Thapsia laserpitii Spreng. in Sp. Umbell.: 32 (1818), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Elaeoselinum exinvolucratum Coss. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 20: 249 (1873)
  • Elaeoselinum fontanesii Boiss. in Voy. Bot. Espagne 1: 263 (1840)
  • Elaeoselinum humile Ball in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 479 (1878)
  • Elaeoselinum laxum Pomel in Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 1: 151 (1874)
  • Laserpitium thapsiiforme Brot. in Fl. Lusit. 1: 427 (1804)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Africa Northern Africa Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Weitzel, C., Rønsted, N., Spalik, K. & Simonsen, H. T. 2014. Resurrecting deadly carrots: towards a revision of Thapsia (Apiaceae) based on phylogenetic analysis of nrITS sequences and chemical profiles. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 174(4): 620–636. DOI: 10.1111/boj.12144 Reference page. 
• Desfontaines, R.L. 1798. Flora Atlantica sive historia plantarum quae in Atlante, agro tunetano et algeriensi crescunt. Tomus primus. xx + 444 pp, 120 pl., Parisiis: Panckoucke. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Thapsia thapsioides. 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 Aug. 29. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Thapsia thapsioides. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 29 2018.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Thapsia thapsioides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Nov. 09. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: North African Deadly Carrot

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