Taxon: Berula erecta (Huds.) Coville

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Common names:

• lesser water-parsnip   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• narrow-leaf water-parsnip   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• water-parsnip   (Source: F GPlains ) – English
  
• bäckmärke   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (to livestock fide Kingsbury, as Berula pusilla)
  

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View toxicology references for Berula erecta from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Northern Africa: Egypt
  Northeast Tropical Africa: Ethiopia; Sudan
  East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda
  West-Central Tropical Africa: Zaire
  South Tropical Africa: Angola; Zimbabwe
  Southern Africa: South Africa - Eastern Cape, Western Cape
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Arabian Peninsula: Yemen
  Western Asia: Afghanistan; Iran; Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan
  China: China - Xinjiang
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India [Kashmir & Jammu]; Pakistan
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Ireland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland
  East Europe: Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain
• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Eastern Canada: Canada - Ontario, Quebec
  Western Canada: Canada - British Columbia
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Michigan, New York
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Arkansas, Florida
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California, Utah
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja California
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Mesoamerica: Guatemala

• 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).
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• Boulos, L. 1995. Flora of Egypt checklist.
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.
• Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds. [= Sium erectum Huds.].
• Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
• Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico.
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
• Mukherjee, P. K. & L. Constance. 1993. Umbelliferae (Apiaceae) of India.
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. [= B. angustifolia (L.) Mert. & W. D. J. Koch].
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Vibrans, H., ed. Malezas de México (on-line resource).
• Voss, E. 1972–. Michigan flora.
• Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Berula erecta.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Berula erecta.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Berula erecta.

Synonyms:

• (=) Berula angustifolia Mert. & W. D. J. Koch
  
• (=) Berula pusilla Fernald
  
• (=) Berula thunbergii (DC.) H. Wolff
  
• (≡) Sium angustifolium L.
  
• (≡) Sium erectum Huds. (basionym)
  
• (=) Sium thunbergii DC.
  

Check other web resources for Berula erecta (Huds.) Coville:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• On-line Flora of Zimbabwe
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• 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

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