Thapsia

Thapsia villosa, Typus

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 (sensu Banasiak et al., 2016 & Weitzel et al., 2014):
T. asclepium – T. cinerea – T. eliasii – T. foetida – T. garganica – T. gummifera – T. gymnesica – T. meoides – T. minor – T. nestleri – T. nitida – T. pelagica – T. platycarpa – T. scabra – T. smittii – T. tenuifolia – T. thapsioides – T. transtagana – T. villosa

Name

Thapsia L., Sp. Pl. 1: 261 (1753).

• Lectotype species: Thapsia villosa L., Sp. Pl. 1: 261. 1753. (designated by A.S. Hitchcock in Hitchcock & Green 1929: 141)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Elaeoselinum W.D.J.Koch ex DC., Prodr. 4: 215 (1830).
  • Margotia Boiss., Elench. Pl. Nov 52. (1838).
  • Guillonea Coss., Notes Crit. 109 (1851).
  • Distichoselinum García-Martín & Silvestre, Lagascalia 12: 100 (1983).

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 261. Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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. 
• Hitchcock, A.S. & Green, M.L. 1929. Standard species of Linnaean genera of Phanerogamae (1753–1754). pp. 111–195. In: Sprague, T.A. (ed.): International Botanical Congress. Cambridge (England), 1930. Nomenclature. Proposals by British Botanists. His Majesty's Stationery Office, London. Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
• 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. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Thapsia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Nov. 10. Reference page. 
• Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Thapsia in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Nov 27.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Thapsia. 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. 25. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Thapsia. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 28 2016.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Thapsia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 Aug. 2018.

Vernacular names

English: Deadly Carrot

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