Genus Daucus L.


Summary
Genus number:
3418
Last updated:
25 January 2013
Family:
Apiaceae (alt. Umbelliferae)
Subfamily:
Apioideae
Tribe:
Scandiceae
Subtribe:
Daucinae
Common name(s):

carrot
Accession count:

2128 (1683  active, 1315  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
all accepted species are in GRIN


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References:
  1. Arbizu, C. et al. 2014. Phylogenomics of the carrot genus (Daucus, Apiaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 101:1666-1685.
  2. Sáenz Laín, C. 1981. Research on Daucus L. (Umbelliferae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 37:481-534.
  3. Spooner, D. et al. 2013. Molecular phylogeny of Daucus (Apiaceae). Syst. Bot. 38:850-857. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
  4. Spooner, D. M. et al. 2017. Entire plastid phylogeny of the carrot genus (Daucus, Apiaceae): Concordance with nuclear data and mitochondrial and nuclear DNA insertions to the plastid. Amer. J. Bot. 104:296-312.
  5. Spooner, D. M. et al. 2020. Mitochondrial DNA sequence phylogeny of Daucus. Syst. Bot. 45:403-408. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
  6. Vivek, B. S. & P. W. Simon. 1999. Phylogeny and relationships in Daucus based on restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs) of the chloroplast and mitochondrial genomes. Euphytica 105:183-189. Note: Netherlands journal of plant breeding
  7. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Note: food crop, carrot genepool
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=3418. Accessed 10 May 2026.