List of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae recorded from South Africa
Apiaceae orUmbelliferae is afamily of mostly aromatic flowering plants (anthophytes) in theorder Apiales . Apiaceae is named after thetype genus Apium and commonly known as thecelery ,carrot orparsley family , or simply asumbellifers . It is the 16th-largest family of flowering plants, with more than 3,700species in 434genera [ 1] It includes a significant number ofphototoxic species, and a smaller number of highlypoisonous species.
23,420 species of vascular plant have been recorded in South Africa, making it the sixth most species-rich country in the world and the most species-rich country on the African continent. Of these, 153 species are considered to be threatened.[ 2] Ninebiomes have been described in South Africa:Fynbos , SucculentKaroo ,desert ,Nama Karoo ,grassland ,savanna ,Albany thickets , theIndian Ocean coastal belt , andforests .[ 3]
The 2018South African National Biodiversity Institute 'sNational Biodiversity Assessment plant checklist lists 35,130 taxa in the phylaAnthocerotophyta (hornworts (6)),Anthophyta (flowering plants (33534)),Bryophyta (mosses (685)),Cycadophyta (cycads (42)),Lycopodiophyta (Lycophytes(45)),Marchantiophyta (liverworts (376)),Pinophyta (conifers (33)), andPteridophyta (cryptogams (408)).[ 4]
65genera are represented in the literature. Listedtaxa includespecies ,subspecies ,varieties , andforms as recorded, some of which have subsequently been allocated to other taxa assynonyms , in which cases the accepted taxon is appended to the listing.[ 4] Multiple entries under alternative names reflecttaxonomic revision over time.
GenusAethusa :[ 4]
GenusAfroligusticum :[ 4]
GenusAfrosciadium :[ 4]
GenusAgrocharis :[ 4]
GenusAlepidea :[ 4]
Alepidea acutidens Weim. indigenousAlepidea acutidens Weim. var.acutidens , endemicAlepidea acutidens Weim. var.dispar Weim. endemicAlepidea amatymbica Eckl. & Zeyh. indigenousAlepidea amatymbica Eckl. & Zeyh. var.amatymbica endemicAlepidea amatymbica Eckl. & Zeyh. var.aquatica (Kuntze) Weim. endemicAlepidea amatymbica Eckl. & Zeyh. var.cordata Sond. accepted asAlepidea cordifolia B.-E.van WykAlepidea amatymbica Eckl. & Zeyh. var.microbracteata Weim. endemicAlepidea angustifolia Schltr. & H.Wolff, accepted asAlepidea peduncularis Steud. ex A.Rich.Alepidea attenuata Weim. indigenousAlepidea basinuda Pott, indigenousAlepidea basinuda Pott var.basinuda , indigenousAlepidea basinuda Pott var.subnuda Weim. endemicAlepidea capensis (P.J.Bergius) R.A.Dyer, indigenousAlepidea capensis (P.J.Bergius) R.A.Dyer var.capensis , endemicAlepidea capensis (P.J.Bergius) R.A.Dyer var.tenella (Schltr. & H.Wolff) Weim. endemicAlepidea cirsiifolia Schltr. & H.Wolff, endemicAlepidea comosa Dummer, accepted asAlepidea peduncularis Steud. ex A.Rich.Alepidea cordifolia B.-E.van Wyk, indigenousAlepidea delicatula Weim. endemicAlepidea duplidens Weim. endemicAlepidea galpinii Dummer, indigenousAlepidea gracilis Dummer, accepted asAlepidea peduncularis Steud. ex A.Rich.Alepidea insculpta Hilliard & B.L.Burtt, endemicAlepidea jenkinsii Pott, accepted asAlepidea peduncularis Steud. ex A.Rich.Alepidea longeciliata Schinz ex Dummer, endemicAlepidea longifolia E.Mey. ex Dummer subsp.lancifolia Weim. accepted asAlepidea peduncularis Steud. ex A.Rich.Alepidea longifolia E.Mey. ex Dummer subsp.swynertonii (Dummer) Weim. accepted asAlepidea peduncularis Steud. ex A.Rich.Alepidea longifolia E.Mey. ex Dummer var.angusta Dummer accepted asAlepidea peduncularis Steud. ex A.Rich.Alepidea longifolia E.Mey. ex Dummer var.longifolia accepted asAlepidea peduncularis Steud. ex A.Rich.Alepidea macowani Dummer, endemicAlepidea multisecta B.L.Burtt, endemicAlepidea natalensis J.M.Wood & M.S.Evans, indigenousAlepidea peduncularis Steud. ex A.Rich. indigenousAlepidea pilifera Weim. indigenousAlepidea pusilla Weim. indigenousAlepidea reticulata Weim. indigenousAlepidea serrata Eckl. & Zeyh. indigenousAlepidea serrata Eckl. & Zeyh. var.cathcartensis (Kuntze) Weim. endemicAlepidea serrata Eckl. & Zeyh. var.serrata endemicAlepidea setifera N.E.Br. indigenousAlepidea stellata Weim. indigenousAlepidea thodei Dummer, indigenousAlepidea woodii Oliv. indigenousAlepidea wyliei Dummer, accepted asAlepidea peduncularis Steud. ex A.Rich.GenusAmmi :[ 4]
Ammi majus L. not indigenousAmmi majus L. var.glaucifolium (L.) Godr. not indigenous, invasiveGenusAnginon :[ 4]
Anginon difforme (L.) B.L.Burtt, endemicAnginon fruticosum I.Allison & B.-E.van Wyk, endemicAnginon intermedium I.Allison & B.-E.van Wyk, endemicAnginon jaarsveldii B.L.Burtt, endemicAnginon paniculatum (Thunb.) B.L.Burtt, endemicAnginon pumilum I.Allison & B.-E.van Wyk, endemicAnginon rugosum (Thunb.) Raf. endemicAnginon swellendamensis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) B.L.Burtt, endemicAnginon tenuior I.Allison & B.-E.van Wyk, endemicAnginon ternatum I.Allison & B.-E.van Wyk, endemicAnginon uitenhagense (Eckl. & Zeyh.) B.L.Burtt, accepted asAnginon rugosum (Thunb.) Raf.Anginon verticillatum (Sond.) B.L.Burtt, indigenousGenusAnnesorhiza :[ 4]
Annesorhiza altiscapa Schltr. endemicAnnesorhiza articulata Magee, endemicAnnesorhiza asparagoides B.-E.van Wyk, endemicAnnesorhiza bracteosa Magee, endemicAnnesorhiza burttii B.-E.van Wyk, endemicAnnesorhiza calcicola Magee & J.C.Manning, endemicAnnesorhiza elata Eckl. & Zeyh. accepted asAnnesorhiza grandiflora (Thunb.) M.HiroeAnnesorhiza elsiae Vessio, Tilney & B.-E.van Wyk, endemicAnnesorhiza fibrosa B.-E.van Wyk, endemicAnnesorhiza filicaulis Eckl. & Zeyh. endemicAnnesorhiza flagellifolia Burtt Davy, endemicAnnesorhiza grandiflora (Thunb.) M.Hiroe, endemicAnnesorhiza hirsuta Eckl. & Zeyh. accepted asAnnesorhiza grandiflora (Thunb.) M.HiroeAnnesorhiza lateriflora (Eckl. & Zeyh.) B.-E.van Wyk, endemicAnnesorhiza laticostata Magee, endemicAnnesorhiza latifolia Adamson, endemicAnnesorhiza macrocarpa Eckl. & Zeyh. endemicAnnesorhiza marlothii H.Wolff, accepted asAnnesorhiza lateriflora (Eckl. & Zeyh.) B.-E.van WykAnnesorhiza nuda (Aiton) B.L.Burtt, endemicAnnesorhiza radiata Magee, endemicAnnesorhiza refracta Magee, endemicAnnesorhiza schlechteri H.Wolff, endemicAnnesorhiza thunbergii B.L.Burtt, endemicAnnesorhiza triternata (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Vessio, Tilney & B.-E.van Wyk, endemicAnnesorhiza villosa (Thunb.) Sond. accepted asAnnesorhiza grandiflora (Thunb.) M.HiroeAnnesorhiza wilmsii H.Wolff, indigenousGenusAnthriscus :[ 4]
GenusApium :[ 4]
GenusArctopus :[ 4]
GenusBerula :[ 4]
GenusBupleurum :[ 4]
GenusBuprestis :[ 4]
GenusCapnophyllum :[ 4]
GenusCarum :[ 4]
GenusCaucalis :[ 4]
GenusCeleri :[ 4]
GenusCentella :[ 4]
Centella affinis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Adamson, indigenousCentella affinis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Adamson var.affinis , endemicCentella affinis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Adamson var.oblonga Adamson, endemicCentella annua M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Wyk, endemicCentella asiatica (L.) Urb. indigenousCentella brachycarpa M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Wyk, endemicCentella caespitosa Adamson, endemicCentella calcaria M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Wyk, indigenousCentella calliodus (Cham. & Schltdl.) Drude, indigenousCentella capensis (L.) Domin, endemicCentella capensis (L.) Domin var.micrantha Adamson, accepted asCentella annua M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van WykCentella cochlearia (Domin) Adamson, indigenousCentella comptonii Adamson, indigenousCentella coriacea Nannf. endemicCentella cryptocarpa M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Wyk, indigenousCentella debilis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Drude, endemicCentella dentata Adamson, endemicCentella didymocarpa Adamson, endemicCentella difformis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Adamson, endemicCentella dolichocarpa M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Wyk, endemicCentella dregeana (Sond.) Domin, accepted asCentella tridentata (L.f.) Drude ex Domin var.dregeana (Sond.) M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van WykCentella eriantha (Rich.) Drude, indigenousCentella eriantha (Rich.) Drude var.eriantha , endemicCentella eriantha (Rich.) Drude var.orientalis Adamson, endemicCentella eriantha (Rich.) Drude var.rotundifolia Adamson, endemicCentella flexuosa (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Drude, endemicCentella fourcadei Adamson, endemicCentella fusca (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Adamson, endemicCentella glabrata L. indigenousCentella glabrata L. var.bracteata Adamson, endemicCentella glabrata L. var.glabrata , endemicCentella glabrata L. var.natalensis Adamson, indigenousCentella glauca M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Wyk, endemicCentella graminifolia Adamson, indigenousCentella gymnocarpa M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Wyk, endemicCentella hermanniifolia (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Domin, accepted asCentella tridentata (L.f.) Drude ex DominCentella hermanniifolia (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Domin var.littoralis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Domin, accepted asCentella tridentata (L.f.) Drude ex Domin var.litoralis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van WykCentella laevis Adamson, endemicCentella lanata Compton, endemicCentella lasiophylla Adamson, endemicCentella linifolia (L.f.) Drude, indigenousCentella linifolia (L.f.) Drude var.depressa Adamson, endemicCentella linifolia (L.f.) Drude var.linifolia , endemicCentella longifolia (Adamson) M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Wyk, endemicCentella macrocarpa (Rich.) Adamson, indigenousCentella macrocarpa (Rich.) Adamson var.macrocarpa , endemicCentella macrocarpa (Rich.) Adamson var.saxatilis Adamson, endemicCentella macrodus (Spreng.) B.L.Burtt, endemicCentella montana (Cham. & Schltdl.) Domin, endemicCentella montana (Cham. & Schltdl.) Domin var.longifolia Adamson, accepted asCentella longifolia (Adamson) M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van WykCentella pilosa M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Wyk, endemicCentella pottebergensis Adamson, endemicCentella recticarpa Adamson, endemicCentella restioides Adamson, endemicCentella rupestris (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Adamson, endemicCentella scabra Adamson, endemicCentella sessilis Adamson, endemicCentella stenophylla Adamson, endemicCentella stipitata Adamson, endemicCentella ternata M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Wyk, endemicCentella thesioides M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Wyk, endemicCentella tridentata (L.f.) Drude ex Domin, indigenousCentella tridentata (L.f.) Drude ex Domin var.dregeana (Sond.) M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Wyk, endemicCentella tridentata (L.f.) Drude ex Domin var.hermanniifolia (Eckl. & Zeyh.) M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Eyk, endemicCentella tridentata (L.f.) Drude ex Domin var.litoralis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Wyk, endemicCentella tridentata (L.f.) Drude ex Domin var.tridentata , endemicCentella triloba (Thunb.) Drude, endemicCentella umbellata M.T.R.Schub. & B.-E.van Wyk, endemicCentella villosa L. indigenousCentella villosa L. var.latifolia (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Adamson, endemicCentella villosa L. var.villosa , endemicCentella virgata (L.f.) Drude, indigenousCentella virgata (L.f.) Drude var.congesta Adamson, endemicCentella virgata (L.f.) Drude var.gracilescens Domin, endemicCentella virgata (L.f.) Drude var.virgata , endemicGenusChamarea :[ 4]
GenusChoritaenia :[ 4]
GenusConium :[ 4]
GenusCoriandrum :[ 4]
GenusCyclospermum :[ 4]
GenusCynorhiza :[ 4]
GenusDasispermum :[ 4]
GenusDaucus :[ 4]
GenusDeverra :[ 4]
Deverra burchellii (DC.) Eckl. & Zeyh. indigenousDeverra denudata (Viv.) Pfisterer & Podlech, indigenousDeverra denudata (Viv.) Pfisterer & Podlech subsp.aphylla (Cham. & Schltdl.) Pfisterer & Podlech, indigenousGenusDiplolophium :[ 4]
GenusDracosciadium :[ 4]
GenusEzosciadium :[ 4]
GenusFerula :[ 4]
GenusFoeniculum :[ 4]
GenusGlia :[ 4]
GenusHelodium :[ 4]
GenusHelosciadium :[ 4]
GenusHermas :[ 4]
GenusHeteromorpha :[ 4]
GenusIfdregea :[ 4]
GenusItasina :[ 4]
GenusLefebvrea :[ 4]
GenusLichtensteinia :[ 4]
GenusMeum :[ 4]
GenusNanobubon :[ 4]
Nanobubon capillaceum (Thunb.) Magee, endemicNanobubon hypogaeum Magee, endemicNanobubon strictum (Spreng.) Magee, endemicNotobubon capense (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Magee, indigenousNotobubon collinum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Magee, endemicNotobubon ferulaceum (Thunb.) Magee, endemicNotobubon galbaniopse (H.Wolff) Magee, endemicNotobubon galbanum (L.) Magee, endemicNotobubon gummiferum (L.) Magee, endemicNotobubon laevigatum (Aiton) Magee, indigenousNotobubon montanum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Magee, endemicNotobubon pearsonii (Adamson) Magee, endemicNotobubon pungens (Sond.) Magee, endemicNotobubon sonderi (M.Hiroe) Magee, endemicNotobubon striatum (Thunb.) Magee, endemicNotobubon tenuifolium (Thunb.) Magee, endemicGenusOreoselinum :[ 4]
GenusPastinaca :[ 4]
GenusPerfoliata :[ 4]
GenusPetroselinum :[ 4]
GenusPeucedanum :[ 4]
Peucedanum afrum (Meisn.) E.Phillips, accepted asAfrosciadium afrum (Meisn.) P.J.D.Winter, indigenousPeucedanum camdebooense B.L.Burtt, accepted asNotobubon laevigatum (Aiton) Magee, endemicPeucedanum capense (Thunb.) Sond. var.capense , accepted asNotobubon laevigatum (Aiton) Magee, indigenousPeucedanum capense (Thunb.) Sond. var.lanceolatum Sond. accepted asNotobubon laevigatum (Aiton) Magee, indigenousPeucedanum capillaceum Thunb. accepted asNanobubon capillaceum (Thunb.) MageePeucedanum collinum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) D.Dietr. accepted asNotobubon collinum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Magee, indigenousPeucedanum dregeanum D.Dietr.accepted asNotobubon montanum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Magee, endemicPeucedanum ecklonis Walp. accepted asNanobubon capillaceum (Thunb.) MageePeucedanum ferulaceum (Thunb.) Eckl. & Zeyh. var.ferulaceum , accepted asNotobubon ferulaceum (Thunb.) Magee, endemicPeucedanum ferulaceum (Thunb.) Eckl. & Zeyh. var.stadense (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Sond. accepted asNotobubon ferulaceum (Thunb.) Magee, endemicPeucedanum galbaniopse H.Wolff, accepted asNotobubon galbaniopse (H.Wolff) MageePeucedanum gummiferum (L.) Wijnands, accepted asNotobubon gummiferum (L.) Magee, endemicPeucedanum hypoleucum (Meisn.) Drude, accepted asNotobubon tenuifolium (Thunb.) MageePeucedanum kamiesbergense B.L.Burtt, accepted asNotobubon capense (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Magee, endemicPeucedanum lateriflorum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Sond. accepted asAnnesorhiza lateriflora (Eckl. & Zeyh.) B.-E.van WykPeucedanum magalismontanum Sond. accepted asAfrosciadium magalismontanum (Sond.) P.J.D.Winter, indigenousPeucedanum millefolium Sond. accepted asCynorhiza meifolia (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Magee, endemicPeucedanum multiradiatum Drude, accepted asNotobubon capense (Eckl. & Zeyh.) MageePeucedanum natalense (Sond.) Engl. accepted asAfrosciadium natalense (Sond.) P.J.D.Winter, endemicPeucedanum olifantianum (Koso-Pol.) M.Hiroe, accepted asCynorhiza typica Eckl. & Zeyh. indigenousPeucedanum pearsonii Adamson accepted asNotobubon pearsonii (Adamson) Magee, endemicPeucedanum platycarpum E.Mey. ex Sond. accepted asAfrosciadium platycarpum (Sond.) P.J.D.Winter, endemicPeucedanum polyactinum B.L.Burtt, accepted asNotobubon capense (Eckl. & Zeyh.) MageePeucedanum pungens E.Mey. ex Sond. accepted asNotobubon pungens (Sond.) Magee, endemicPeucedanum rigidum Eckl. & Zeyh. accepted asNanobubon capillaceum (Thunb.) MageePeucedanum sieberianum Sond. accepted asNanobubon strictum (Spreng.) MageePeucedanum sonderi (M.Hiroe) B.L.Burtt, accepted asNotobubon sonderi (M.Hiroe) MageePeucedanum striatum (Thunb.) Sond. accepted asNotobubon striatum (Thunb.) Magee, endemicPeucedanum strictum (Spreng.) B.L.Burtt, accepted asNanobubon strictum (Spreng.) Magee, endemicPeucedanum sulcatum Eckl. & Zeyh. ex Sond. accepted asCynorhiza typica Eckl. & Zeyh. endemicPeucedanum tenuifolium Thunb.accepted asNotobubon tenuifolium (Thunb.) Magee, endemicPeucedanum thodei T.H.Arnold, accepted asAfroligusticum thodei (T.H.Arnold) P.J.D.Winter, indigenousPeucedanum triternatum Eckl. & Zeyh. accepted asAnnesorhiza triternata (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Vessio, Tilney & B.-E.van Wyk, endemicPeucedanum typicum (Eckl. & Zeyh.) B.L.Burtt, accepted asCynorhiza typica Eckl. & Zeyh. endemicPeucedanum upingtoniae (Schinz) Drude, accepted asLefebvrea grantii (Hiern) S.Droop, indigenousPeucedanum wilmsianum H.Wolff, accepted asAfroligusticum wilmsianum (H.Wolff) P.J.D.Winter, endemicPeucedanum zeyheri Steud. accepted asNanobubon capillaceum (Thunb.) MageeGenusPimpinella :[ 4]
GenusPolemannia :[ 4]
GenusPolemanniopsis :[ 4]
GenusPtychotis :[ 4]
GenusSanicula :[ 4]
GenusScaraboides :[ 4]
GenusSeseli :[ 4]
GenusSison :[ 4]
GenusSium :[ 4]
GenusSonderina :[ 4]
GenusSteganotaenia :[ 4]
GenusStenosemis :[ 4]
GenusStoibrax :[ 4]
GenusTorilis :[ 4]
GenusTurgenia :[ 4]
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