Bunium persicum information from NPGS/GRIN

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Taxon: Bunium persicum (Boiss.) B. Fedtsch.

Genus: Bunium
Family: Apiaceae (alt. Umbelliferae) subfamily: Apioideae tribe: Pyramidoptereae.
Nomen number: 406659
Place of publication: Rast. Turkest. 612. 1915
Name verified on: 29-Oct-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 29-Oct-2007
Species priority site is: North Central Regional PI Station (NC7).
Accessions: 2 in National Plant Germplasm System.

Common names:

black-caraway (Source: P.K. Mukherjee, p.c.) – English
gov-zira (Source: M. G. Pimenov, p.c.) – India
zira (Source: P.K. Mukherjee, p.c.) – India

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

Food additives: flavoring (fide M. G. Pimenov, pers. comm. 1996; F Pak)
Medicines: folklore (fide M. G. Pimenov, pers. comm. 1996)

Distributional range:

Native:

ASIA-TEMPERATE
Western Asia: Afghanistan; Iran
Middle Asia: Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan
ASIA-TROPICAL
Indian Subcontinent: India - Jammu and Kashmir; Pakistan

Cultivated:

ASIA-TROPICAL
Indian Subcontinent: India - Jammu and Kashmir

References:

Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
Mukherjee, P. K. & L. Constance. 1993. Umbelliferae (Apiaceae) of India.
Mukherjee, P. K. 1996. pers. comm. [re. common names].
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
Pimenov, M. G. 1996. pers. comm. [re. common names].
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Bunium persicum.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Bunium persicum.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Bunium persicum.

Synonyms:

(≡) Carum persicum Boiss. (basionym)

Check other web resources for Bunium persicum (Boiss.) B. Fedtsch.:

Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
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.

Check other web resources for images:

PlantSystematics.org
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.

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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?406659 (24 May 2013)

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