Ammi

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Apiales

Familia: Apiaceae
Subfamilia: Apioideae
Tribus: Apieae
Genus: Ammi
Species: A. huntii – A. majus – A. procelum – A. trifoliatum

To be checked: A. daucifolium – A. glaucifolium
Name

Ammi L., Sp. Pl. 1: 243. (1753)

Type species: Ammi majus L. Sp. Pl. 1: 243. (1753)

Source(s) of checklist:

Hassler, M. 2018. Ammi. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 20. Reference page.

References
Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 243.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Ammi. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 20. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Ammi. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 20 2018.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Ammi in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 20. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2018. Ammi. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 20.

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Knorpelmöhre
English: Bishop's Weed, Bullwort, Lady's Lace
suomi: Sudenporkkanat
Nederlands: Akkerscherm

Ammi is a genus of about six species of summer-flowering plants in the family Apiaceae. They are native to southern Europe, northern Africa and Southwest Asia. They have fern-like leaves and white or cream coloured lace-like flowers borne in branched, rounded umbels.[1]

Ammi spp. (Bishops weed) is prohibited by the Australian New Zealand Food Standards code under standard 1.4.4 due to active constituents:

furocromine
coumarin derivatives
.03% volatile oil (camphor and carvone)
Fixed oil and protein
flavonol glycosides (quercetin and kaempferol)

Ammi majus, A. visnaga and their cultivars are frequently seen in gardens where they are grown as annuals or biennials.[1]
Accepted species

Ammi crinitum Guss.
Ammi huntii H.C.Watson
Ammi majus L.
Ammi majus subsp. procerus (Lowe) Menezes
Ammi topalli Beauverd
Ammi trifoliatum (H.C. Watson) Trel.
Ammi visnaga (L.) Lam.[2]

References

Brickell, Christopher, ed. (2008). The Royal Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 9781405332965.
"Results". The Plant List. Retrieved 12 January 2018.