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Thaspium

Thaspium is a genus of flowering plants in the Apiaceae. A common name for the various Thaspium species is meadowparsnip or meadow-parsip. Its native range is eastern North America, from eastern Texas in the southwest to Maine in the northeast.

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Thaspium
Thaspium barbinode
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Subfamily: Apioideae
Tribe: Selineae
Genus: Thaspium
Nutt.
Species

Thaspium is a genus of flowering plants in the Apiaceae (parsley or carrot family). A common name for the various Thaspium species is meadowparsnip2 or meadow-parsip. Its native range is eastern North America, from eastern Texas in the southwest to Maine in the northeast.3

Species

There are four accepted Thaspium species and one accepted variety:1

  • T. trifoliatum var. aureum (Nutt.) Britton
References

References

  1. "Thaspium Nutt". plantsoftheworldonline.org. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  2. NRCS. "Thaspium". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  3. "Thaspium Nutt". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  4. Thaspium barbinode USDA Plants Database 21 Nov. 2011
  5. Thaspium chapmanii Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium 21 Nov. 2011
  6. Thaspium pinnatifidum USDA Plants Database 21 Nov. 2011
  7. Thaspium trifoliatum USDA Plants Database 21 Nov. 2011
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