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Silaum
Sign in to saveSilaum is a genus of flowering plants in the carrot/parsley family, Apiaceae. There are currently ten species placed into the genus, a list of which is provided below.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderApiales
- FamilyApiaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 9
- With media
- 8
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Collections
- IPA/SP, RSA, UT, BALT, MNHN
- Recorded in
- RepúBlica Tcheca, Germany, Hungary, Czech Republic, United States
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Description
- Taxonomy and naming
- Species
- References
Silaum is a genus of flowering plants in the carrot/parsley family, Apiaceae. There are currently ten species placed into the genus, a list of which is provided below.
==Description== Plants in the genus Silaum have umbels which are characteristic of plants in the family Apiaceae (they are umbelliferous, "umbel-bearing"); the umbels in Silaus species tend to lack bracts. Silaum species also tend to have a few umbellules (secondary umbels of compound umbels), and these umbellules have several small bracts called bractlets. Remains of dead leaves can often be found at the base of the plant; plants in Silaum are richly branched.
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