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Foeniculum

Foeniculum is a genus of flowering plants in the carrot family. It includes the commonly cultivated fennel, Foeniculum vulgare.SpeciesFoeniculum scoparium Quézel - North Africa Foeniculum subinodorum Maire, Weiller & Wilczek - North Africa Foeniculum vulgare Mill. - Mediterranean, cultivated and naturalized in many regions

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Foeniculum
Foeniculum vulgare in flower
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Subfamily: Apioideae
Tribe: Apieae
Genus: Foeniculum
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Type species
Foeniculum vulgare

Foeniculum is a genus of flowering plants in the carrot family. It includes the commonly cultivated fennel, Foeniculum vulgare.

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References

  1. lectotype designated by N. L. Britton et Millspaugh, Bahama Flora 313 (26 Jun 1920)
  2. The Plant List, search for Foeniculum
  3. Tropicos, Foeniculum Mill.
  4. Quézel, Pierre Ambrunaz 1957. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord 48: 91
  5. Maire, René Charles Joseph Ernest, Weiller, Marc, & Wilczek, Ernst 1935. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord 26: 121
  6. Miller, Philip 17Gardeners Dictionary, eighth edition, Foeniculum