Bunium

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: Pyramidoptereae
Genus: Bunium
Species: B. allioides – B. alpinum – B. atlanticum – B. avromanum – B. badghysi – B. balearicum – B. brachyactis – B. bulbocastanum – B. chabertii – B. cornigerum – B. crassifolium – B. elatum – B. elegans – B. ferulaceum – B. fontanesii – B. hermonis – B. kandaharicum – B. korovinii – B. luristanicum – B. macuca – B. microcarpum – B. nothum – B. pachypodum – B. paucifolium – B. pestalozzae – B. rectangulum – B. sancakense – B. sayae – B. scabrellum – B. sivasicum – B. tenerum – B. verruculosum
Source(s) of checklist:

Hassler, M. 2021. Bunium. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Apr. 12. Reference page.

Name

Bunium L., Sp. Pl. 1: 243. (1753); Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 114. (1754) (emend. Degtjareva et al., 2013).

Type species: Bunium bulbocastanum L. (1753), by monotypy

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Bulbocastanum Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4: s.p. (1754)
Bulbocastanum Schur, Enum. Pl. Transs. 249 (1866).
Sympodium K.Koch, Linnaea, 16: 356 (1842).
Diaphycarpus Calest., Webbia 1: 277 (1905).
Buniella Schischk., Not. Syst. Herb. Inst. Bot. Acad. Sci. URSS, 20: 279 (1960).
Wallrothia Spreng., Pl. Min. Cogn. Pug. 2: 52 (1815).

References
Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 243. Reference page.
Linnaeus, C. 1754. Genera Plantarum, ed. 5: 114. Reference page.

Additional references

Degtjareva, G.V., Kljuykov, E.V., Samigullin, T.H., Valiejo-Roman, C.M. & Pimenov, M.G. 2009. Molecular appraisal of Bunium and some related arid and subarid geophilic Apiaceae-Apioideae taxa of the Ancient Mediterranean. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 160(2): 149–170. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00970.x ResearchGate Reference page.
Degtjareva, G.V., Kljuykov, E.V., Samigullin, T.H., Valiejo-Roman, C.M. & Pimenov, M.G. 2013. ITS phylogeny of Middle Asian geophilic Umbelliferae-Apioideae genera with comments on their morphology and utility of psb A-trn H sequences. Plant Systematics and Evolution 299(5): 985–1010. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-013-0779-9 Paywall ResearchGate Reference page.
Bani, B., Degtjareva, G.V., Pimenov, M.G., Kljuykov, E.V. & Adıgüzel, N. 2012. Bunium allioides (Apiaceae), a New Species from Turkey. Annales Botanici Fennici 49(5–6): 412–416. DOI: 10.5735/085.049.0617 PDF. Reference page.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Bunium. 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. 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Bunium. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 26 2018.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Bunium in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Apr 12. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Bunium. Accessed: 12 Apr 2021.
Tropicos.org 2018. Bunium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 26.

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Knollenkümmel
English: Earth-nut

Bunium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, with 45 to 50 species.
Species

Species include:[1]

Bunium afghanicum Beauverd
Bunium alatum Pimenov & Kljuykov
Bunium alpinum Waldst. & Kit.
Bunium angrenii Korovin
Bunium avromanum (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Drude
Bunium badachschanicum Kamelin
Bunium badghysi (Korovin) Korovin
Bunium bourgaei (Boiss.) Freyn & Sint.
Bunium brachyactis (Post) H.Wolff
Bunium brevifolium Lowe
Bunium bulbocastanum L. – black cumin
Bunium capusii (Franch.) Korovin
Bunium caroides (Boiss.) Hausskn. ex Bornm.
Bunium chabertii (Batt.) Batt.
Bunium chaerophylloides (Regel & Schmalh.) Drude
Bunium cornigerum (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Drude
Bunium cylindricum (Boiss. & Hohen.) Drude
Bunium elegans (Fenzl) Freyn
Bunium fedtschenkoanum Korovin ex Kamelin
Bunium ferulaceum Sm.
Bunium hissaricum Korovin
Bunium intermedium Korovin
Bunium kandaharicum Rech.f.
Bunium kopetdagense Geld.
Bunium korovinii R.Kam. & Geld.
Bunium kuhitangi Nevski
Bunium lindbergii Rech.f. & Riedl
Bunium longilobum Klyuikov
Bunium longipes Freyn
Bunium luristanicum Rech.f.
Bunium microcarpum (Boiss.) Freyn & Bornm.
Bunium nilghirense H.Wolff
Bunium nothum (Clarke) P.K.Mukh.
Bunium nudum (Post) H.Wolff
Bunium pachypodum P.W.Ball
Bunium paucifolium DC.
Bunium persicum (Boiss.) B.Fedtsch.
Bunium pestalozzae Boiss.
Bunium pinnatifolium Kljuykov
Bunium rectangulum Boiss. & Hausskn.
Bunium scabrellum Korovin
Bunium seravschanicum Korovin
Bunium vaginatum Korovin
Bunium verruculosum C.C.Towns.
Bunium wolffii Klyuikov

References

"The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species".