Taxon: Torilis arvensis (Huds.) Link

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

WA*.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

See also subordinate taxa:

• Torilis arvensis subsp. arvensis (2 accessions)
• Torilis arvensis subsp. elongata (no accessions)
• Torilis arvensis subsp. heterophylla (no accessions)
• Torilis arvensis subsp. neglecta (14 accessions)

Common names:

• spreading hedge-parsley   (Source: M. F. Watson, p.c.) – English
  
• åkerkörvel   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Weed   (fide Weed TabCIBA. 1968)
  

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Madeira Islands; Spain - Canary Islands
  Northern Africa: Algeria; Egypt; Libya; Morocco; Tunisia
  Northeast Tropical Africa: Ethiopia; Somalia; Sudan
  East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda
  West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon; Rwanda
  South Tropical Africa: Angola; Malawi; Mozambique; Zimbabwe
  Southern Africa: South Africa - Cape Province
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Afghanistan; Cyprus; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia, Dagestan
  Middle Asia: Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Pakistan [w.]
• EUROPE
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Switzerland
  East Europe: Moldova; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]

• naturalized elsewhere

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Boulos, L. 1999–. Flora of Egypt.
• CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. 1974. The CIBA-GEIGY Weed Tables.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960–. Flora zambesiaca.
• Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. 2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres.
• Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. 1931–1941. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Mouterde, P. 1966–. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie.
• Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
• Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962–1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie.
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.
• Silva, L. et al. 2005. Listagem da fauna e flora terrestres dos Açores. Lista des plantas vasculares (Pteridophyta e Spermatophyta).
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Watson, M. F. 1996. pers. comm. [re. common names].
• Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. Flora palaestina.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Torilis arvensis.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Torilis arvensis.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Torilis arvensis.

Synonyms:

• Caucalis elongata Hoffmanns. & Link [≡ Torilis arvensis subsp. elongata]
  
• Caucalis purpurea Ten. [= Torilis arvensis subsp. heterophylla]
  
• Torilis arvensis subsp. purpurea (Ten.) Hayek [= Torilis arvensis subsp. heterophylla]
  
• Torilis heterophylla Guss. [≡ Torilis arvensis subsp. heterophylla]
  
• Torilis homophylla Stapf & Wettst. [= Torilis arvensis subsp. elongata]
  
• Torilis neglecta Spreng. [≡ Torilis arvensis subsp. neglecta]
  
• Torilis radiata Moench [= Torilis arvensis subsp. neglecta]
  

Check other web resources for Torilis arvensis (Huds.) Link:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• On-line Flora of Zimbabwe
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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