| Arracacia | |
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| An arracacha root | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Apioideae |
| Tribe: | Selineae |
| Genus: | Arracacia Bancr.[1] |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
Arracacia is a genus of flowering plant in the Apiaceae. It is native to the Americas, Mexico to Bolivia.[1] The most important member of the genus economically is the arracacha, Arracacia xanthorrhiza.
There are about 41 species in the genus.[2]
Species include:
- Arracacia acuminata
- Arracacia aegopodioides
- Arracacia andina
- Arracacia annulata
- Arracacia anomala
- Arracacia arguta
- Arracacia atropurpurea
- Arracacia bracteata
- Arracacia brandegei
- Arracacia brevipes
- Arracacia chiapensis
- Arracacia chirripoi
- Arracacia colombiana
- Arracacia compacta
- Arracacia coulteri
- Arracacia decumbens
- Arracacia delavayi
- Arracacia dissecta
- Arracacia donnell-smithii
- Arracacia dugesii
- Arracacia ebracteata
- Arracacia edulis
- Arracacia elata
- Arracacia equatorialis
- Arracacia esculenta
- Arracacia filiformis
- Arracacia filipes
- Arracacia fruticosa
- Arracacia glaucescens
- Arracacia guatemalensis
- Arracacia hartwegii
- Arracacia hemsleyana
- Arracacia hintonii
- Arracacia humilis
- Arracacia incisa
- Arracacia irazuensis
- Arracacia kelloggii
- Arracacia longipedunculata
- Arracacia luxeana
- Arracacia macvaughii
- Arracacia mariana
- Arracacia meyeri
- Arracacia montana
- Arracacia moschata
- Arracacia multifida
- Arracacia nelsoni
- Arracacia nelsonii
- Arracacia nudicaulis
- Arracacia ovata
- Arracacia papillosa
- Arracacia pennellii
- Arracacia peruviana
- Arracacia peucedanifolia
- Arracacia pringlei
- Arracacia pubescens
- Arracacia purpusii
- Arracacia quadrifida
- Arracacia ravenii
- Arracacia rigida
- Arracacia schiedei
- Arracacia schneideri
- Arracacia tapalpae
- Arracacia tenuifolia
- Arracacia ternata
- Arracacia tillettii
- Arracacia tolucensis
- Arracacia vaginata
- Arracacia vestita
- Arracacia wigginsii
- Arracacia xanthorrhiza
- ^ a b "Arracacia Bancr". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- ^ Danderson, C. A. (2011). A phylogenetic study of the Arracacia clade (Apiaceae). Thesis. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.