- Family:
- Apiaceae Lindl.
Conium L.

[FIQ]
Ghazanfar, S. A. & Edmondson, J. R (Eds). (2014) Flora of Iraq, Volume 5 Part 2: Lythraceae to Campanulaceae.
- Morphology General Habit
- Tall, branched biennial herbs, glabrous, with pinnately compound leaves
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Umbels compound, involucre and involucel present, small
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx teeth obsolete
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals obovate or cuneate, sometimes acuminate with the tip inflexed, sometimes obtuse
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit broadly ovoid to suborbicular, laterally compressed; mericarps strongly 5-ribbed, ± pentagonal in section, commissure rather narrow
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits Vittae
- Vittae obsolete
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Stylopodium
- Stylopodia flattened, ± entire, persistent styles short, recurved
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds Endosperm
- Inner face of endosperm with narrow grooves.
- Distribution
- Five North temperate Eurasian and one S African species; only one species in Iraq.
- Note
- Conium from the Gr. κοειον, koeion, the name of the Common Hemlock plant; hemlock.
[FZ]
Umbelliferae, J. F. M. Cannon. Flora Zambesiaca 4. 1978
- Morphology General Habit
- Glabrous, biennial herbs up to 2 m. Leaves compound-pinnately divided, with rather fine ultimate segments.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Umbels compound, with well-developed bracts and bracteoles, which are sometimes semi-caducous.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx teeth obsolete.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals white, usually with a slightly inflexed apex.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit ovoid to suborbicular, somewhat laterally compressed, with a fairly narrow commissure. Mericarps with prominent ribs, which are often undulate; vittae 0. Stylopodium depressed; styles short and recurved.
Native to:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cape Provinces, Central European Rus, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Free State, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Northwest European R, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Xinjiang, Yemen, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Alabama, Alberta, Altay, Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Azores, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, California, Canary Is., Cayman Is., Chile Central, Chile South, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Is., Georgia, Great Britain, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ireland, Japan, Juan Fernández Is., Kansas, Kentucky, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Louisiana, Madeira, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Mozambique, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, North Carolina, North Dakota, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Peru, Primorye, Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Uruguay, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Zimbabwe
Conium L. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Sp. Pl.: 243 (1753)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
Literature
Flora of Iraq
- Linnaeus, Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 114 (1754)
- Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. ed. 1: 243 (1753)
Flora Zambesiaca
- Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 114 (1754).
- Sp. Pl. 1: 243 (1753)
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Flora Zambesiaca
Flora Zambesiaca
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of Iraq
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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