The Apiaceae, the carrot or parsley family, are a family of usually aromatic plants with hollow stems, including parsley, carrot, and other relatives. It is a large family with about 300 genera and more than 3,000 species. Binomial name Daucus carota The carrot is a root vegetable, typically orange or white in color with a woody texture. ... Parsley (Petroselinum crispum and Petroselinum neapolitanum) is a bright green, biennial herb that is very common in Middle Eastern, European, and American cooking. ... Divisions Green algae land plants (embryophytes) non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses vascular plants (tracheophytes) seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongue ferns seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering...

They were originally called the Umbelliferae, due to the inflorescence in the form of a compound "umbel". An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers on a branch of a plant. ...

The small flowers are radially symmetrical with 5 small sepals, 5 petals and 5 stamens. Flower of the Primrose Willowherb (Ludwigia octovalvis) showing petals and sepals A sepal is one member or part of the calyx of a flower. ... For the petals of chakras, see Petal (chakra). ... Flower of the spider tree (Crateva religiosa) with its numerous conspicuous stamens The stamen is the male organ of a flower. ...

The family contains some highly toxic plants, such as hemlock, which was used to execute Socrates and also used to poisn tip arrows. It contains some highly useful plants, such as carrots, parsley, caraway, and fennel. Many plants in this family, such as Wild carrot have estrogenic properties, and have been used as folk medicine for birth control. Most notable for this use is the extinct giant fennel, silphium. For a list of biologically injurious substances, including toxins and other materials, as well as their effects, see poison. ... Several poisonous plants in the Parsley family, Apiaceae (formerly Umbelliferae) are called hemlock: Poison hemlock is a common European plant, Conium maculatum; it contains the alkaloid Coniine. ... Socrates This article is about the ancient Greek philosopher, for all other uses see: Socrates (disambiguation) Socrates (June 4, 470 – May 7, 399 BC) (Greek Σωκράτης Sōkrátēs) was a Greek (Athenian) philosopher and one of the most important icons of the Western philosophical tradition. ... Caraway seeds Caraway or Persian cumin (Carum carvi) is a plant that belong to the Apiaceae, or parsley, family. ... Binomial name Foeniculum vulgare P. Mill. ... Species Daucus carota Wild carrot or Queen Annes lace, Daucus carota, is the ancestor of the domesticated carrot of Europe, widely introduced in North America. ... Estrogens (or oestrogens) are a group of steroid compounds that function as the primary female sex hormone. ... Folk medicine is the collection of procedures traditionally used for treatment of illness and injury, aid to childbirth, and maintenance of wellness. ... Birth control is the practice of preventing or reducing the probability of pregnancy without abstaining from sexual intercourse; the term is also sometimes used to include abortion, the ending of an unwanted pregnancy, or abstinence. ... This article covers the extinct plant called Silphium; for the modern Silphium genus, see rosinweed. ...

Notable members include:

• Anethum graveolens - Dill
• Anthriscus cerefolium - Garden Chervil
• Angelica spp. - Angelica
• Apium graveolens - Celery
• Carum carvi - Caraway
• Centella asiatica - Gotu kola
• Conium maculatum - Poison hemlock
• Coriandrum sativum - Coriander
• Cuminum cyminum - Cumin
• Daucus carota - Carrot
• Eryngium spp. - Sea holly
• Foeniculum vulgare - Fennel
• Myrrhis odorata - Cicely
• Pastinaca sativa - Parsnip
• Petroselinum crispum - Parsley
• Pimpinella anisum - Anise
• Levisticum officinale - Lovage

Dill weed approx 6 ft Scientific name Anethum graveolens Dill (Anethum graveolens) is a short-lived, European, annual herb. ... Binomial name Anthriscus cerefolium (L.) Hoffm. ... Species See text Angelica is a genus of the Umbilliferous family Apiaceae, with about 50 species of tall perennial herbs 1-2 m tall with large bipinnate leaves and large compound umbels of white or greenish-white flowers. ... Binomial name Apium graveolens Linnaeus Celery (Apium graveolens L.) is a biennial plant belonging to the order Umbelliferae (Apiales) In its native condition, is known in England as smallage. ... Caraway seeds Caraway or Persian cumin (Carum carvi) is a plant that belong to the Apiaceae, or parsley, family. ... Binomial name Conium maculatum L. Conium is a genus of 2-3 species of perennial herbaceous plants in the family Apiaceae. ... Binomial name Coriandrum sativum Coriander (Coriandrum sativum) is an annual herb commonly used in Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, Indian, Latin American, Chinese and Southeast Asian cooking. ... Cumin (Cuminum cyminum) is a plant and a spice with a distinctive aroma, popular in Mexican, North African, and Indian cuisine. ... Binomial name Daucus carota The carrot is a root vegetable, typically orange or white in color with a woody texture. ... Species Eryngium agavifolium Eryngium alpinum Eryngium bourgatii Eryngium bromelifolium Eryngium giganteum Eryngium maritimum et al Sea holly or eryngo is a genus Eryngium of about 230 species of annuals and perennials with hairless and usually spiny leaves, and dome-shaped umbels of flowers resembling those of thistles. ... Binomial name Foeniculum vulgare P. Mill. ... Cicely (Myrrhis odorata) is a plant that belong to the Apiaceae, or parsley, family. ... The parsnip (Pastinaca sativa, family Apiaceae) is a root vegetable related to the carrot, which it resembles, although it has a paler color and a stronger flavor. ... Parsley (Petroselinum crispum and Petroselinum neapolitanum) is a bright green, biennial herb that is very common in Middle Eastern, European, and American cooking. ... Binomial name Pimpinella anisum L. Anise (Pimpinella anisum) is an herb in the family Apiaceae (formerly Umbelliferae) whose seed-like fruit (also called aniseed) is used in sweet baking as well as in anise-flavored liqueurs (e. ... Binomial name Levisticum officinale Lovage (Levisticum officinale) is a plant, the leaves of which are used to flavor food, especially in South European cuisine. ...

Genera

MarshPennywort (Hydrocotyle vulgaris
Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz 1885)

• Aciphylla
• Actinotus
• Aegopodium
• Aethusa
• Aletes
• Ammi
• Ammoselinum
• Anethum
• Angelica
• Anthriscus
• Apiastrum
• Apium
• Arracacia

Anise (Pimpinella anisum)
from Medical botany by William Woodville. London, James Phillips, 1793

• Astrantia
• Athamantha
• Azorella
• Berula
• Bifora
• Bolax
• Bowlesia
• Bunium
• Bupleurum
• Carum
• Caucalis
• Centella
• Chaerophyllum
• Ciclospermum
• Cicuta
• Cnidium
• Coelopleurum
• Conioselinum
• Conium
• Conopodium
• Coriandrum
• Crithmum
• Cryptotaenia
• Cuminum
• Cyclospermum
• Cymopterus
• Cynosciadium
• Daucosma
• Daucus carrot
• Dorema
• Erigenia
• Eryngium
• Eurytaenia
• Falcaria
• Ferula
• Foeniculum
• Glehnia
• Harbouria
• Heracleum
• Hydrocotyle (is now classified under Araliaceae)
• Laser
• Laserpitium
• Levisticum
• Ligusticum
• Lilaeopsis
• Limnosciadium
• Lomatium
• Meum
• Monizia
• Musineon
• Myrrhis
• Neoparrya
• Oenanthe
• Oreomyrrhis
• Oreonana
• Oreoxis
• Orogenia
• Osmorhiza
• Oxypolis
• Pastinaca
• Perideridia
• Petroselinum
• Peucedanum
• Pimpinella
• Pleurospermum
• Podistera
• Polytaenia
• Prangos
• Pseudocymopterus
• Pteryxia
• Ptilimnium
• Sanicula
• Scandix
• Selinum
• Seseli
• Shoshonea
• Silaum
• Sison
• Sium
• Smyrnium
• Spermolepis
• Sphenosciadium
• Sympholoma
• Synelcosciadium
• Taenidia
• Tauschia
• Thapsia
• Thaspium
• Tilingia
• Tordylium
• Torilis
• Trachymene
• Trachyspermum
• Trepocarpus
• Turgenia
• Yabea
• Zizia