Apiaceae
Apiaceae Lindl., Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2. 21. 1836. nom. cons. & nom. altern.
(=Umbelliferae Juss., Gen. Pl. 218. 1789. nom. cons.)
'Carrot Family'
Characteristic Features:
Usually aromatic herbs with hollow internodes
Leaves usually compound with sheathing base
Inflorescence usually an involucrate compound umbel
Flowers small, bisexual, epigynous, white or yellow
Petals and stamens 5 each, incurved in bud
Gynoecium bicarpellary, syncarpous, bilocular, ovary inferior with apical-axile, single ovule in each locule
Fruit a schizocarp of mericarps with stylopodium at apex
Diversity:
World- 418 genera 3,257 species (The Plant List 2013); 442 genera 3,575 species (Christenhusz & Byng 2016); 431 genera 3700 species (Mabberley 2017); 459 genera, 4137 species (CoL 2021)
India - 69 genera 252 species (Karthikeyan et al. 2009); 73 genera, 279 species (BSI, 2021)
Indian Himalaya- 15 genera 37 species (Singh et al. 2019)
Uttarakhand - 48 genera 94 species (Uniyal et al. 2007)
Pantnagar - 3 genera, 3 species
General Characters:
Apiaceae in POWO 2021 (Plants of the World Online)
Apiaceae in Wikipedia
Systematic Position of Family in Different Systems of Classifications:
Systematic position in 2-Superkingdom, 7-Kingdom classification of Ruggiero et al. (2015)
Super Kingdom- Eukaryota, Kingdom- Plantae, Subkingdom- Viridiplantae, Infrakingdom- Streptophyta, Superphylum- Embryophyta, Phylum- Tracheophyta, Subphylum- Spermatophytina, Superclass- Angiospermae, Class- Magnoliopsida, Superorder- Asteranae, Order- Apiales
Bentham & Hooker (1862-83)
Class : Dicotyledons
Subclass : Polypetalae
Series : Caliciflorae
Orders : Umbellales
Engler & Prantl (1887-1915)
Kingdom : Plantae
Division : Embryophyta Siphonogama
Subdivision : Angiospermae
Class : Dicotyledoneae
Subclass : Archichlamydeae
Order : Umbelliflorae
Hutchinson (1973)
Phylum : Angiospermae
Subphylum : Dicotyledones
Division : Herbaceae
Order : Umbellales
Cronquist (1988)
Division : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Rosidae
Order : Apiaceae
Thorne & Reveal (2007)
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Asteridae
Super Order: Aralianae
Order : Araliales
Takhtajan (2009)
Phylum : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Asteridae
Super Order: Cornanae
Order : Apiales
Reveal (2012)
Class : Equisetopsida
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Super Order: Asteranae
Order : Apiales
Suborder : Apiineae
APG-IV (2016)
Clade : Angiosperms
Clade : Eudicots
Clade : Core Eudicots
Clade : Superasterids
Clade : Asterids
Clade : Campanulids
Order : Apiales
Shipunov (2020)
Class : Angiospermae
Subclass : Asteridae
Super Order : Asteranae
Order : Araliales
Suborder : Araliineae
Genera & Species in Pantnagar
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~~~Wild Flora~~~
***Cultivated Flora***
Coriandrum sativum L.
Vernacular name: Coriander (English); Dhaniya, Tikshna-patra (Hindi)
Nativity: East Mediterranean to Pakistan (POWO, 2019)
Common Characteristics: Annual glabrous herb. Upper leaves narrowly segmented while lower leaves ovate in outline and segmented. Inflorescence compound unbel. Flowers small, peripheral flowers in umbel with enlarged posterior petals.
Flowering period: February to April
Propagation Methods: Propagated from seeds (the Spruce)
Photographed @ Jha Colony
Foeniculum vulgare Mill.
Vernacular name: Fennel, Finocchio, Florence fennel, (English); Sauf (Hindi)
Nativity: Mediterranean to Ethiopia and West Nepal (POWO, 2019)
Common Characteristics: Erect perennial herbs. Leaves filiform segmented. Flowers in compound umbel, small, yellow. Seed narrow- ovoid.
Flowering period: February to April
Propagation Methods: Propagated by seeds (Dave’s Garden)
Photographed @ Ta Colony