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Taxon:  Ammi majus L.



Summary
Genus:
Ammi
Family:
Apiaceae (alt. Umbelliferae)
Subfamily:
Apioideae
Tribe:
Apieae
Nomen number:
2899
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:243. 1753
Verified:
05/20/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (2  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ammi glaucifolium L.
Ammi majus L. var. glaucifolium (L.) Merat
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Reference(s)
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    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
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Common names
English
bishop's-weed –
bullwort –
false bishop's-weed –
greater ammi –
laceflower –
lady's-lace –
Arabic
khillah –
French
ammi élevé –
German
Bischofskraut –
große Knorpelmöhre –
großes Ammei –
Italian
rizzomolo –
visnaga maggiore –
Portuguese (Brazil)
âmio-maior –
bisnaguinha-do-campo –
cicuta-negra –
Spanish
ameo bastardo –
ameo mayor –
Swedish
slöjsilja –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaKuwait  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern Asia******  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeUkraine  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBosnia and Herzegovina  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece incl. Crete
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeMontenegro  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSlovenia  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance incl. Corsica
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain incl. Baleares
2CultivatedAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
2CultivatedEurope Europe  
4Naturalized    natzd. elsewhere
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Kuwait
  • CAUCASUS: Armenia
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, ******, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Pakistan
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Ukraine
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece (incl. Crete), Croatia, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Montenegro, Slovenia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (incl. Baleares), France (incl. Corsica), Portugal
Cultivated
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Pakistan
Europe
  • REGION: Europe
Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Medicines
source of xanthotoxin (fide Import Medicinal Pl; Herbs Commerce ed2) –
Vertebrate poisons
mammals (fide Lampe & McCann; Kellerman et al., as A. majus var. glaucifolium; Econ Pl Aust) –
Weed
potential seed contaminant (fide Econ Pl Aust) –


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