Afrosciadium

Afrosciadium kerstenii

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: Tordylieae
Genus: Afrosciadium
Species: A. abyssinicum – A. articulatum – A. caffrum – A. dispersum – A. englerianum – A. eylesii – A. friesiorum – A. gossweileri – A. harmsianum – A. kerstenii – A. lundense – A. lynesii – A. magalismontanum – A. natalense – A. nyassicum – A. platycarpum – A. rhodesicum – A. trisectum

Name

Afrosciadium P.J.D.Winter, Taxon 57(2): 359 (2008).

• Type species: Afrosciadium harmsianum (H.Wolff) P.J.D.Winter, Taxon 57(2): 360 (2008).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Ethiopia, Sudan. Regional: East Tropical Africa Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda. Regional: South Tropical Africa Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Regional: Southern Africa Cape Provinces, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Swaziland, Northern Provinces. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Winter, P.J.D., Magee, A.R., Phephu, N., Tilney, P.M., Downie, S.R. & van Wyk, B.-E. 2008. A new generic classification for African peucedanoid species (Apiaceae). Taxon 57(2): 347–364. DOI: 10.2307/25066009 [nonfunctional] . Wiley [through Wikipedia Library ]. JSTOR . PDF. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Afrosciadium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Nov. 20. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2018. Afrosciadium. 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. 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Afrosciadium. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 24 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2014. Afrosciadium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Apr. 2014.