Daucus Linnaeus. Common name: Wild Carrot, Queen-Anne's-lace.
A genus of about 22-25 species, herbs, of temperate and tropical areas, primarily Old World (Plunkett et al. 2018a). Spooner et al. (2013) suggested a slightly broader circumscription of the genus. Our two species, the European D. carota (2n=18) and the apparently native D. pusillus (2n=22) are in the two separate clade within the genus (Spooner et al. 2013).
References: Arbizu et al. (2014); Iorizzo et al. (2013); Martínez-Flores et al. (2020); Mathias & Constance (1945); Spooner & Simon (2024) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2024); Spooner et al. (2013). Show full citations.
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