Smyrnium

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: Smyrnieae
Genus: Smyrnium
Species: S. connatum – S. cordifolium - S. creticum - S. olusatrum - S. perfoliatum

Source(s) of checklist:

Hassler, M. 2018. Smyrnium. 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 Sep 10. Reference page.

Name

Smyrnium L., Sp. Pl. 1: 262 (1753); Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 127 (1754).

Lectotype species: S. olusatrum L., Sp. Pl. 1: 262 (1753) (designated by N.L. Britton, Fl. Bermuda: 276. (1918); supported by Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot. 141 (1929)).

Synonyms

Homotypic
Olusatrum (L.) Wolf, Gen. Pl.: 30 (1776).
Heterotypic
Anosmia Bernh., Linnaea 7: 608 (1832).
Type species: Anosmia idaea Bernh.
Silerium Raf., Good Book: 51 (1840).

References
Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 262. Reference page.
Linnaeus, C. 1754. Genera Plantarum, ed. 5: 127. Reference page.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Smyrnium. 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 Sep 10. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Smyrnium. Published online. Accessed: Sep 10 2018.
Tropicos.org 2014. Smyrnium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Apr. 21.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Smyrnium in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Sep 28. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Smyrnium. Accessed: 28 Sep 2021.
Euro+Med 2006 onwards: Smyrnium in Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Sep 28.
Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Smyrnium in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2021 Sep 28.

Vernacular names
English: Alexanders

Smyrnium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae. Range in country of S. Europe to Asia. Occasionally naturalised in Britain.

Species include:[1]

Smyrnium cordifolium
Smyrnium dodonaei Spreng.
Smyrnium creticum
Smyrnium olusatrum - alexanders, black-lovage, horse-parsley
Smyrnium perfoliatum - perfoliate alexanders

References

Smyrnium. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).