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Apium L.

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Apium L., Sp. Pl. 264-265 (1753)
Apium L.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
264-265
ICN
Apium L.
genus
Apium

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Apium

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Apium L.

Umbels compound, us. lf-opposed, often subterminal; involucral bracts and bracteoles few to 0; calyx-teeth 0 or minute; petals white, ovate, acute, ± inflexed. Fr. subovoid, laterally compressed; commissure narrow; mericarps distinctly, obtusely 5-ribbed; vittae large, in furrows. Annual to perennial glab. herbs with compound lvs. Widely distributed genus of some 50 spp.

Apium L.

Glabrous annual, biennial or perennial herbs, usually with taproots, sometimes rooting at nodes. Lvs 1-3-pinnate; segments broad or narrow. Umbels usually compound, often ± sessile and lf-opposed, sometimes shortly pedunculate; bracts few and simple or 0; bracteoles several or 0. Petals white or greenish, regular, with entire, obtuse to acute, usually inflexed apex; calyx teeth minute or 0. Fr. ovoid-oblong to subglobose, slightly flattened laterally, not beaked, spinless; commissure narrow; ribs 5 per mericarp, equal, stout or slender; vittae solitary in furrows.

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Apium L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Apium L.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Apium L.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Apium L.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Apium L.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Apium L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Apium L.
New Zealand
Westland Land District
Apium L.
United Kingdom

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scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
26 August 2008
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