- Family:
- Apiaceae Lindl.
Apium L.

[FIQ]
Ghazanfar, S. A. & Edmondson, J. R (Eds). (2014) Flora of Iraq, Volume 5 Part 2: Lythraceae to Campanulaceae.
- Morphology General Habit
- Glabrous annual, biennial or perennial herbs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves pinnate or pinnate-ternate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Umbels compound, often leaf-opposed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Involucre
- Involucre of few bracts or absent; involucel of numerous bracts or absent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers white, hermaphrodite
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx teeth obsolete or very small
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals entire, acute, occasionally with the tip shortly inflexed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Mericarps with 5 equal or rarely somewhat unequal ridges Fruit broadly ovoid to elliptic oblong or subrotund, laterally compressed, commissure narrow, glabrous or (not in Iraq) rarely setulose Valleculae univittate, commissure bivittate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Stylopodium
- Stylopodia flat or shortly conical, the margins entire
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds Endosperm
- Endosperm gibbous or teretely convex, the commissural face rather flat
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Carpophore
- Carpophore entire or shortly bifid at the apex.
- Distribution
- A genus of about 30 species, of almost cosmopolitan distribution. Two species in Iraq.
- Note
- Apium (name used by Latin authors for several umbelliferous plants, according to Gilbert-Carter; Stearn suggests that the name may have been derived from apis, a bee); Celery.
[FZ]
Umbelliferae, J. F. M. Cannon. Flora Zambesiaca 4. 1978
- Morphology General Habit
- Robust or slender annual, biennial or perennial herbs; stems erect, decumbent or creeping.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers white to greenish in compound umbels; bracts and bracteoles 0.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx teeth minute or absent.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals ovate to suborbicular, with an inflexed apex.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Stylopodium
- Stylopodium shortly conical or depressed.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit ovoid to globose, somewhat laterally compressed, glabrous to slightly setulose, slightly constricted at the commissure. Ribs thick and rounded, vittae solitary in the intervals, with 2 on the commissural face.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Carpophore
- Carpophore entire or slightly 2-fid.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seed round to subpentagonal in section, with the commissural face plane.
[FTEA]
Umbelliferae, C.C. Townsend. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1989
- Morphology General Habit
- Robust to slender, erect to creeping, annual, biennial or perennial herbs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves variously pinnate or ternate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Umbels compound, sessile or pedunculate, usually leaf-opposed; bracts 0–few; bracteoles few–numerous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers hermaphrodite
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx-teeth obsolete or very small
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals small, white or greenish, sometimes with a short incurved lobule but rarely emarginate above
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit glabrous, almost round to elliptic-oblong, laterally compressed; primary ribs conspicuous, slender to very thick; valleculae 1-vittate, the narrow commissure 2-vittate; stylopodia low, very shortly conical or flat, styles slender to obsolete; carpophore entire to shortly bifid at the apex
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Endosperm roundish to quite sharply pentagonal in section.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual, biennial or perennial herbs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves variously pinnate or ternate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Umbels compound, usually leaf-opposed; bracts few or absent; bracteoles few–many
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers bisexual
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx-lobes minute or obsolete
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals small, white or greenish
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruits elliptic-oblong to almost round, laterally compressed; primary ribs conspicuous; vittae 1 in each groove and 2 in each commissural face; stylopodia low.
- Distribution
- Some 18 species, widespread in temperate and tropical regions.
Native to:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Corse, Cyprus, Denmark, Desventurados Is., Easter Is., Falkland Is., France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Juan Fernández Is., Kazakhstan, Kermadec Is., Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norfolk Is., North Caucasus, Nova Scotia, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Paraguay, Pitcairn Is., Poland, Portugal, Queensland, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, South Australia, South European Russi, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Tasmania, Transcaucasus, Tristan da Cunha, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Victoria, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Arizona, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Botswana, Buryatiya, California, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, Florida, Free State, Guatemala, Hainan, Haiti, Hungary, Idaho, India, Kirgizstan, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Louisiana, Marianas, Marshall Is., Massachusetts, Mexico Northwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Norway, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Peru, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Sinai, Socotra, South Carolina, South Dakota, St.Helena, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Texas, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Utah, Vietnam, Washington, West Virginia
- Apium annuum P.S.Short
- Apium australe Thouars
- Apium chilense Hook. & Arn.
- Apium commersonii DC.
- Apium fernandezianum Johow
- Apium graveolens L.
- Apium insulare P.S.Short
- Apium larranagum M.Hiroe
- Apium panul (Bertero ex DC.) Reiche
- Apium prostratum Labill. ex Vent.
- Apium santiagoensis M.Hiroe
- Apium sellowianum H.Wolff
Apium L. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Sp. Pl.: 264 (1753)
Accepted by
- (2015). https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.212.1.2 epublication.
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- —F.T.A. 3: 11.
Flora of Iraq
- Linnaeus, Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 128 (1754)
- Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. ed. 1: 264 (1753);
Flora Zambesiaca
- Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 128 (1754).
- Sp. Pl. 1: 264 (1753)
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- L., Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 128 (1754)
- Sp. Pl.: 264 (1753)
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Flora Zambesiaca
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Flora of Somalia
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