Daucus

Daucus
Daucus carota
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Subfamily: Apioideae
Tribe: Scandiceae
Subtribe: Daucinae
Genus: Daucus
L., 1753
Species

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Synonyms
List
  • Agrocharis Hochst.
  • Ammiopsis Boiss.
  • Babiron Raf.
  • Ballimon Raf.
  • Carota Rupr.
  • Caucaliopsis H.Wolff
  • Ctenodaucus Pomel
  • Durieua Boiss. & Reut.
  • Gynophyge Gilli
  • Heterosciadium Lange ex Willk.
  • Melanaton Raf.
  • Melanoselinum Hoffm.
  • Meopsis (Calest.) Koso-Pol.
  • Monizia Lowe
  • Pachyctenium Maire & Pamp.
  • Peltactila Raf.
  • Platydaucon Rchb.
  • Platyspermum Hoffm.
  • Pomelia Durando ex Pomel
  • Pseudorlaya Murb.
  • Rouya Coincy
  • Staflinus Raf.
  • Tetrapleura Parl.
  • Tiricta Raf.
  • Tornabenea Parl.

Daucus is a worldwide genus of herbaceous plants of the celery family Apiaceae of which the best-known species is the cultivated carrot. Daucus has about 75 species.[1] The oldest carrot fossil is 1.3 Ma, and was found on the island of Madeira in the Atlantic Ocean.[2]

  1. ^ WFO (2023): Daucus L. Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-4000010858. Accessed on: 23 Jan 2023.
  2. ^ Góis-Marques, Carlos A.; Nascimento, Lea de; Fernández-Palacios, José María; Madeira, José; Sequeira, Miguel Menezes de (2019). "Tracing insular woodiness in giant Daucus (s.l.) fruit fossils from the Early Pleistocene of Madeira Island (Portugal)". Taxon. 68 (6): 1314–1320. doi:10.1002/tax.12175. hdl:10400.13/5323. ISSN 1996-8175. S2CID 214067624.