Botanical Family · Apiales
Apiaceae
Carrot family
23 speciesOrder Apiales8+ well-known plants
Herbs with hollow jointed stems and aromatic leaves. Compound umbel inflorescence is diagnostic. Includes carrot, coriander, fennel, and celery.
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How to recognise the Apiaceae family
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Leaf arrangement: alternate
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Leaf type: pinnate/decompound
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Growth forms: herb
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Inflorescence: compound umbel
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Fruit: schizocarp
Typical leaf characters
Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.
Typical flower & fruit
- Flower symmetryRadial
- InflorescenceUmbel
- FruitSchizocarp
Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.
Notable members
All 23 species in APIACEAE
- DillAnethum graveolens
- CeleryApium graveolens
- Indian Penny Wort, Centella, Pohekula, SpadeleafCentella asiatica
- CorianderCoriandrum sativum
- Wild CarrotDaucus carota
- Fitweed, Culantro, Long Coriander, Mexican CorianderEryngium foetidum
- Fennel, Sweet FennelFoeniculum vulgare
- Konkan PindaHeracleum concanense
- Java PennywortHydrocotyle javanica
- Tomtomon, Lawn PennywortHydrocotyle sibthorpioides
- Garden ParsleyPetroselinum crispum
- AmmiTrachyspermum ammi
- Bupleurum wightii
- Heracleum aquilegifolium
- Heracleum rigens
- Heracleum sprengelianum
- Hydrocotyle conferta
- Pimpinella heyneana
- Pimpinella tirupatiensis
- Pimpinella wallichiana
- Polyzygus tuberosus
- Sivadasania josephiana
- Vanasushava pedata
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