Parsnips

Parsnips
	Parsnip ( Pastinaca sativa ), illustration
Systematics
	Asterids
	Euasterids II
Order :	Umbelliferae (Apiales)
Family :	Umbelliferae (Apiaceae)
Subfamily :	Apioideae
Genre :	Parsnips
Scientific name
	Pastinaca
	L.

The parsnips ( Pastinaca ) form a genus of plants in the umbelliferae family ( Apiaceae ) with 14 species. It is common in Europe and in western Asia. The most important commercially used and at the same time the only species occurring in Central Europe is the parsnip ( Pastinaca sativa ), also known as the parsnip.

description

Parsnip ( Pastinaca sativa )

The Pastinaca species are biennial herbaceous plants with a long, conical main root that is beet-shaped and thickened in the case of cultivated ribs. The stem is ribbed and hollow. The leaves are usually pinnate and bare. The leaflets are sessile and serrate or pinnate.

Many flowers are grouped together in terminal and lateral, ascending multi-rayed dold-like inflorescences . Sheaths (involucre) and sheaths (involucellum) are missing. The calyx teeth are tiny and triangular. The petals are egg-shaped, yellow and curved inwards at the tip. As with all umbelliferae, the fruit disintegrates into two partial fruits when ripe.

Pastinaca lucida

Systematics

The genus of parsnips includes around 14 species (selection):

Pastinaca argyrophylla Delip. : The homeland is Bulgaria .
Pastinaca armena fish. & CAMey. : It is common in Turkey and the Caucasus region.
Pastinaca aurantiaca (Albov) Kolak. : It occurs in Georgia.
Pastinaca gelendostensis (Yild. & B.Selvi) Hand : The home is Turkey.
Pastinaca glandulosa Boiss. & Hausskn. : The home is Turkey.
Pastinaca hirsuta Pančić : It occurs in Bulgaria, Serbia and Macedonia.
Pastinaca kochii Duby : With two subspecies:
- Pastinaca kochii Duby subsp. kochii : She is endemic to Corsica .
- Pastinaca kochii subsp. latifolia (Duby) Reduron (Syn .: Pastinaca latifolia (Duby) DC. ): It is endemic to Corsica .
Pastinaca lucida L .: It occurs only in Mallorca and Menorca .
Pastinaca pimpinellifolia Griseb. : It is common in the Caucasus region, Turkey and Iran.
Parsnip or parsnip ( Pastinaca sativa L. ): There are several subspecies, including:
- Pastinaca sativa subsp. sativa (Syn .: Pastinaca fleischmannii Hladnik ex WDJKoch )
- Pastinaca sativa subsp. urens (Req. ex Godr.) Čelak. (Syn .: Pastinaca umbrosa Steven )
Pastinaca trysia Stapf & Wettst. : It occurs in Turkey.
Pastinaca yildizii Dirmenci : The homeland is the province of Balikesir in Turkey.
Pastinaca zozimoides Fenzl : The home is Turkey.

Pastinaca no longer includes:

Pastinaca clausii Calest. => Malabaila graveolens (explosive) Hoffm.

literature

Pan Zehui & Mark F. Watson: in Flora of China, Volume 14, p. 193: Pastinaca - Online.
Thomas Gaskell Tutin : Pastinaca L. In: TG Tutin u. a .: Flora Europaea . Volume 2, p. 364. Cambridge University Press 1968.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g 2014-05-29 in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f R. Hand (2011): Apiaceae. - In: Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Data sheet Pastinaca

Web links

Commons : Parsnips ( Pastinaca ) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

[GRIN-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g 2014-05-29 in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.

[Euro+Med-2] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f R. Hand (2011): Apiaceae. - In: Euro + Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Data sheet Pastinaca