Pastinaca sativa subsp. sylvestris information from NPGS/GRIN

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Taxon: Pastinaca sativa L. subsp. sylvestris (Mill.) Rouy & E. G. Camus

Genus: Pastinaca
Family: Apiaceae (alt. Umbelliferae) subfamily: Apioideae tribe: Tordylieae subtribe: Tordyliinae.
Nomen number: 406686
Place of publication: Fl. France 7:372. 1901
Name verified on: 31-Oct-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 17-Jun-2008
Species priority site is: North Central Regional PI Station (NC7).

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

the 1 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

See other conspecific taxa:

Pastinaca sativa (73 accessions)
Pastinaca sativa subsp. sativa (9 accessions)
Pastinaca sativa subsp. urens (no accessions)

Common names:

wild parsnip (Source: M. F. Watson, p.c.) – English

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

Vertebrate poisons: mammals (fide M. F. Watson, pers. comm. 1996)
Weed (fide M. F. Watson, pers. comm. 1996)

More:

View toxicology references for Pastinaca sativa subsp. sylvestris from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

Distributional range:

Native:

ASIA-TEMPERATE
Caucasus: Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia, Dagestan
Siberia: Russian Federation - Western Siberia [w.]
EUROPE
Northern Europe: United Kingdom
Middle Europe: Austria; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Poland; Switzerland
East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
Southeastern Europe: Albania; Italy; Macedonia
Southwestern Europe: France

Naturalized:

naturalized elsewhere

References:

Menemen, Y. & S. L. Jury. 2001. A taxonomic revision of the genus Pastinaca L. (Umbelliferae). Israel J. Pl. Sci. 49:75.
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
Watson, M. F. 1996. pers. comm. [re. common names].

Check other web resources for Pastinaca sativa L. subsp. sylvestris (Mill.) Rouy & E. G. Camus:

Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)

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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.

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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?406686 (19 June 2013)

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