Apium L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 264 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. & Subtropical Old World, Bolivia to Brazil and S. South America, Subantarctic Islands.

Distribution

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, NW. Balkan Pen., Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Paraguay, Pitcairn Is., Poland, Portugal, Queensland, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, South Australia, South European Russia, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Tasmania, Transcaucasus, Tristan da Cunha, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Victoria, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Yemen

Introduced into:

Arizona, Assam, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Botswana, Buryatiya, California, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechia-Slovakia, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, Florida, Free State, Guatemala, Hainan, Haiti, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, India, Inner Mongolia, Kirgizstan, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Louisiana, Marianas, Marshall Is., Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Peru, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Sinai, Socotra, South Carolina, South Dakota, St.Helena, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Utah, Vietnam, Washington, West Virginia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (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.

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)

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection
  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of Iraq

    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0