Genus Osmorhiza Raf.


Summary
Genus number:
8631
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Apiaceae (alt. Umbelliferae)
Subfamily:
Apioideae
Tribe:
Scandiceae
Subtribe:
Scandicinae
Common name(s):

sweet cicely
Accession count:

25 (25  active, 16  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
conserved (nom. cons.) against the homotypic synonym (Madrid ICN Art. 14.4 & App. III) Uraspermum Nutt., nom. rej.


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References:
  1. Lowry, P. P., II & A. G. Jones. 1984. Systematics of Osmorhiza Raf. (Apiaceae: Apioideae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 71:1128-1171.
  2. Yoo, K. O. et al. 2002. Discordance of chloroplast and nuclear ribosomal DNA data in Osmorhiza (Apiaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 89:966-971.
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=8631. Accessed 11 May 2026.