| Silaum | |
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| A botanical illustration of Silaum silaus | |
Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Apioideae |
| Genus: |
Silaum Mill. |
Silaum is a genus of flowering plants in the carrot/parsley family, Apiaceae. There are currently ten species placed into the genus, a list of which is provided below. [1]
Description
Plants in the genus Silaum have umbels which are characteristic of plants in the family Apiaceae (they are umbelliferous, "umbel-bearing"); the umbels in Silaus species tend to lack bracts. [2] Silaum species also tend to have a few umbellules (secondary umbels of compound umbels), and these umbellules have several small bracts called bractlets. [2] Remains of dead leaves can often be found at the base of the plant; plants in Silaum are richly branched. [2]
The fruits of Silaum species have a carpophore, [2] a supporting slender stalk for each half of a gape or burst open ( dehisced) fruit [3] - these are common throughout the family Apiaceae; the carpophore is thread or filament-shaped ( filiform). [2] In addition, Silaum fruits are elongated, divided and not flattened. [2] The mericarps (one carpel of umbelliferous fruit) [4] have acute edges and five, rather low ridges. [2] Plants in Silaus also have an oil tube in the fruit, called a vitta [2] [5] - there is one vitta per every ridge of furrow (a vallecula), but are indistinct at maturity. [2] The petals that surround the flowers are yellow. [2]
Taxonomy and naming
Silaum was first formally described in 1754 by the Scottish botanist in charge of the Chelsea Physic Garden, Philip Miller; this description was published in his own reference series, The Gardeners Dictionary (abr., ed. 4 (1754)). [2] The etymology of Silaum was not explicitly offered by Miller, who applied a plant name used by Pliny, [6] though it may refer to the mountainous plateau La Sila in southern Italy. [7]
Species
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) lists ten species that are currently placed in the genus Silaum: [1]
- Silaum besseri ( DC.) Galushko
- Silaum foliosum ( Sommier & Levier) Grossh.
- Silaum perfoliatum ( Pharm. ex Wehmer) M.Hiroe
- Silaum peucedanoides ( M.Bieb.) M.Hiroe
- Silaum popovii ( Korovin) M.Hiroe
- Silaum saxatilis Bajtenov
- Silaum serotinum ( Pers.) M.Hiroe
- Silaum silaus ( L.) Schinz & Thell.
- Silaum tenellum ( Velen.) M.Hiroe
- Silaum tenuifolium ( Poir.) Reduron
References
- ^ a b "Silaum Mill". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. GBIF.org. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Fröberg, Lars. "Silaum". Apiaceae for Flora Nordica. Flora Nordica. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- ^ "definition of carpophore". TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ^ "definition of Mericarp". TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ^ "definition of vitta". TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ^ Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, Book XXVI, chapter lvi, § 88, the sole mention of Silaus: silaus nascitur glariosis et perennibus rivis, cubitalis apii similitudine...
- ^ Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants (4 ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 353–. ISBN 9780521866453. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
| Silaum | |
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| A botanical illustration of Silaum silaus | |
|
Scientific classification
| |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Apioideae |
| Genus: |
Silaum Mill. |
Silaum is a genus of flowering plants in the carrot/parsley family, Apiaceae. There are currently ten species placed into the genus, a list of which is provided below. [1]
Description
Plants in the genus Silaum have umbels which are characteristic of plants in the family Apiaceae (they are umbelliferous, "umbel-bearing"); the umbels in Silaus species tend to lack bracts. [2] Silaum species also tend to have a few umbellules (secondary umbels of compound umbels), and these umbellules have several small bracts called bractlets. [2] Remains of dead leaves can often be found at the base of the plant; plants in Silaum are richly branched. [2]
The fruits of Silaum species have a carpophore, [2] a supporting slender stalk for each half of a gape or burst open ( dehisced) fruit [3] - these are common throughout the family Apiaceae; the carpophore is thread or filament-shaped ( filiform). [2] In addition, Silaum fruits are elongated, divided and not flattened. [2] The mericarps (one carpel of umbelliferous fruit) [4] have acute edges and five, rather low ridges. [2] Plants in Silaus also have an oil tube in the fruit, called a vitta [2] [5] - there is one vitta per every ridge of furrow (a vallecula), but are indistinct at maturity. [2] The petals that surround the flowers are yellow. [2]
Taxonomy and naming
Silaum was first formally described in 1754 by the Scottish botanist in charge of the Chelsea Physic Garden, Philip Miller; this description was published in his own reference series, The Gardeners Dictionary (abr., ed. 4 (1754)). [2] The etymology of Silaum was not explicitly offered by Miller, who applied a plant name used by Pliny, [6] though it may refer to the mountainous plateau La Sila in southern Italy. [7]
Species
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) lists ten species that are currently placed in the genus Silaum: [1]
- Silaum besseri ( DC.) Galushko
- Silaum foliosum ( Sommier & Levier) Grossh.
- Silaum perfoliatum ( Pharm. ex Wehmer) M.Hiroe
- Silaum peucedanoides ( M.Bieb.) M.Hiroe
- Silaum popovii ( Korovin) M.Hiroe
- Silaum saxatilis Bajtenov
- Silaum serotinum ( Pers.) M.Hiroe
- Silaum silaus ( L.) Schinz & Thell.
- Silaum tenellum ( Velen.) M.Hiroe
- Silaum tenuifolium ( Poir.) Reduron
References
- ^ a b "Silaum Mill". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. GBIF.org. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Fröberg, Lars. "Silaum". Apiaceae for Flora Nordica. Flora Nordica. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- ^ "definition of carpophore". TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ^ "definition of Mericarp". TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ^ "definition of vitta". TheFreeDictionary.com. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ^ Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, Book XXVI, chapter lvi, § 88, the sole mention of Silaus: silaus nascitur glariosis et perennibus rivis, cubitalis apii similitudine...
- ^ Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants (4 ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 353–. ISBN 9780521866453. Retrieved 29 October 2013.