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Afrosciadium harmsianum

Afrosciadium harmsianum
Photo: Meise Botanic Garden, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Apiaceae (Carrot family)
Grows as
Bulb, Perennial
Native range
S. Ethiopia to Kenya
Climate
subtropical

About

Afrosciadium harmsianum is a member of the carrot family, Apiaceae. It is a perennial tuberous herb native to east tropical Africa (southern Ethiopia, Tanzania and Kenya), while the subspecies A. h. australe is endemic to northern Tanzania.

A. harmsianum was previously classified under the genus Peucedanum, but was reclassified as the type species for the new genus Afrosciadium in 2008.

Other Afrosciadium plants

Afrosciadium abyssinicum · Afrosciadium articulatum · Afrosciadium dispersum · Afrosciadium englerianum · Afrosciadium eylesii · Afrosciadium friesiorum · Afrosciadium gossweileri · Afrosciadium kerstenii · Afrosciadium lundense · Afrosciadium lynesii · Wild parsley · Afrosciadium natalense

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Afrosciadium harmsianum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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