Apiaceae

Foeniculum Mill.

First published in Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4.: [s.p.] (1754)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Macaronesia, Medit to Ethiopia and W. Nepal.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Azores, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Chad, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Gulf States, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Nepal, North Caucasus, NW. Balkan Pen., Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Yemen

Introduced into:

Alberta, Amsterdam-St.Paul Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Assam, Austria, Bahamas, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, California, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central European Russia, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Himalaya, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Finland, Florida, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Haiti, Hawaii, Hungary, Illinois, India, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Ireland, Jamaica, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Korea, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Louisiana, Maine, Marianas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nebraska, Netherlands, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Niue, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, Northern Provinces, Norway, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Poland, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Rodrigues, Romania, Réunion, Society Is., Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, South European Russia, St.Helena, Sudan-South Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Western Australia, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2015). https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.212.1.2. epublication.
  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS Genera starting with letter E-F: 1-50919.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • (2021). https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boab032. epublication. [Cited as Anethum.]

Flora of Iraq

  • Mill, Gard. Dict. ed. 4 (1754)

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gard. Diet., abridg. ed. 4, 1 (1754).

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Gard. Dict., ed. 4 (abridged) (1754)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 19, 2006 Triano, E.; Pujadas, A. [COA 44204] Spain K000342258 Type Yes
Garcia Jacas, N.; Julià, M.A.; Montserrat, J.M.; Susanna, A.; Veny, M. [972104] Spain K001516738 Yes
Garcia Jacas, N.; Julià, M.A.; Montserrat, J.M.; Susanna, A.; Veny, M. [972104] Spain K001516730 Yes
Drège [7636] K002758295 Yes
Humblot, L. [353] Comoros K002758284 Yes
s.coll. [10279] South Africa K002758293 Yes
Carrasco, M.A.; Castroviejo, S.; Cirujano, S.; Velayos, M. Morocco K001873325 No
Jameson, H. (Mrs.) [s.n.] K002758294 Yes

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • 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