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Jepson Herbarium | |||||
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Jepson eFlora: Taxon page
Key to families | Table of families and genera |
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Index to accepted names and synonyms: | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | |
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Family: Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) | View Description | Dichotomous Key |
Genus: | View Description | Dichotomous Key |
Species: | View Description | Dichotomous Key |
Higher Taxonomy
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Ammi Habit: Annual, biennial, taprooted, glabrous. Stem: erect, branched. Leaf: blade oblong to ovate, pinnately or ternately dissected, segments lanceolate to thread-like. Inflorescence: umbels compound; bracts, bractlets many, leaf-like; rays, pedicels many, spreading-ascending to incurved in fruit. Flower: calyx lobes minute; petals wide, white, tips 2-lobed. Fruit: oblong to ovate, +- cylindric, compressed side-to-side; ribs +- equal, thread-like; oil tube 1 per rib-interval; fruit axis entire or divided. Seed: face flat. Species In Genus: +- 6 species: Eurasia, Mediterranean. Etymology: (Ancient name used by Dioscorides) Toxicity: TOXIC: rarely eaten by livestock. eFlora Treatment Author: Lincoln Constance & Margriet Wetherwax Jepson Online Interchange Key to AmmiPrevious taxon: Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) Next taxon: Ammi majus |
Citation for this treatment: Lincoln Constance & Margriet Wetherwax 2012, Ammi, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=10355, accessed on April 21, 2018. Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2018, Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 21, 2018.
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