Seseli

Seseli
Seseli gummiferum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Subfamily: Apioideae
Tribe: Selineae
Genus: Seseli
L.[1]
Species

See text.

Synonyms[1]
  • Bakeros Raf.
  • Balinotella Soják
  • Cremastosciadium Rech.f.
  • Dela Adans.
  • Elaeopleurum Korovin
  • Eriocycla Lindl.
  • Galbanophora Neck.
  • Gasparinia Bertol.
  • Hippaton Raf.
  • Hippomarathrum G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.
  • Leiotelis Raf.
  • Libanotis Haller ex Zinn
  • Lomatopodium Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
  • Marathrum Link
  • Oreotelia Raf.
  • Petrosciadium Edgew.
  • Pseudammi H.Wolff
  • Scaphespermum Edgew.
  • Seselinia Beck
  • Sphenocarpus Korovin

Seseli is a genus of herbaceous perennial plants in the family Apiaceae. They are sometimes woody at base with a conic taproot. Leaf blades are 1–3-pinnate or pinnately decompound. Umbels are compound, with bracts few or absent. Petals are white or yellow, and the fruit ovoid or ellipsoid.

There are about 140 species in the genus.[1][2]

Species

As of December 2022, Plants of the World Online accepted the following 145 species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Seseli L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2022-12-24.
  2. ^ Güner, E. D., et al. (2011). Pollen morphology of the genus Seseli L.(Umbelliferae) in Turkey. Archived 2021-12-24 at the Wayback Machine Turkish Journal Botany 35 175-82.