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: 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. 
• 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 online. 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 online. 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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