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Apiaceae
Ligusticum

not marked as a favorite taxon Ligusticum Linnaeus. Common name: Lovage.

Key to Ligusticum

As currently circumscribed (but likely to change), a genus of 50-60 species, perennial herbs, circumboreal and north temperate. Zhou et al. (2020) and Plunkett et al. (2018a) make clear that Ligusticum in this broad circumscription is rampantly polyphyletic, and restrict it to three species widely distributed in Asia, Europe and n. North America. Ligusticum canadense awaits an appropriate genus placement, probably in an expanded and "re-recognized" Cynapium Nuttall ex Torrey & A. Gray 1840 (Zhou et al. 2020).

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References: Applequist (2024c) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2024); Mathias & Constance (1945); Plunkett et al. (2018a) In Kadereit & Bittrich (2018); Zhou et al. (2020). Show full citations.

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image #1 of Ligusticum© Bruce A. Sorrie | Ligusticum canadense | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Ligusticum© Will Stuart | Ligusticum canadense | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Ligusticum© Richard & Teresa Ware | Ligusticum canadense CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG
image #4 of Ligusticum© Vladimir Atachkin, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Vladimir Atachkin | Ligusticum scothicum source | Original Image ⭷

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