| Tauschia | |
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| Tauschia arguta | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Apioideae |
| Tribe: | Selineae |
| Genus: | Tauschia Schlecht. |
| Species | |
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About 35, see text. | |
Tauschia is a genus of flowering plants in the carrot family which are known as umbrellaworts.[1] These are perennial plants with taproots or tubers and foliage generally resembling that of relatives parsley and carrot. Tauschia are native to the Americas.
Selected species:
- Tauschia arguta – southern umbrellawort
- Tauschia glauca – glaucus umbrellawort
- Tauschia hartwegii – Hartweg's umbrellawort
- Tauschia howellii – Howell's umbrellawort
- Tauschia kelloggii – Kellogg's umbrellawort
- Tauschia parishii – Parish's umbrellawort
- Tauschia stricklandii – Strickland's umbrellawort
- Tauschia tenuissima – Leiberg's umbrellawort
- Tauschia texana – Texas umbrellawort
References
- ↑ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tauschia". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
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