Daucus L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 242 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Macaronesia, Europe to Pakistan, N. Africa, Ethiopia to S. Tropical Africa, Madagascar, SW. Arabian Peninsula, Australia, New Zealand, N. America, Andes to S. Chile.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burundi, California, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central European Rus, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Corse, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Honduras, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Libya, Louisiana, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, Missouri, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands, New Mexico, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, North Carolina, North Caucasus, Northern Territory, Northwest European R, Norway, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Queensland, Romania, Rwanda, Sardegna, Selvagens, Sicilia, Sinai, South Australia, South Carolina, South European Russi, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Western Sahara, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Andaman Is., Angola, Bangladesh, China North-Central, Colorado, Connecticut, Cuba, Delaware, Desventurados Is., District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Easter Is., Finland, Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Iceland, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Kentucky, Kermadec Is., Korea, Labrador, Leeward Is., Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Marianas, Marshall Is., Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Michigan, Minnesota, Mongolia, Montana, Myanmar, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, Nicobar Is., Norfolk Is., North Dakota, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Puerto Rico, Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Rodrigues, Réunion, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Sri Lanka, Tibet, Trinidad-Tobago, Utah, Vermont, Vietnam, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS D: 1-30141.

Flora of Iraq

  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 113 (1754)
  • Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. ed. 1: 242 (1753);

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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

    • 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 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 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0