Genus Pastinaca L.


Summary
Genus number:
8937
Last updated:
25 January 2013
Family:
Apiaceae (alt. Umbelliferae)
Subfamily:
Apioideae
Tribe:
Tordylieae
Subtribe:
Tordyliinae
Common name(s):

parsnip
Accession count:

115 (89  active, 59  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:


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References:
  1. Logacheva, M. D. et al. 2008. ITS phylogeny of West Asian Heracleum species and related taxa of Umbelliferae-Tordylieae W.D.J. Koch, with notes on evolution of their psbA-trnH sequences. Pl. Syst. Evol. 270:139-157. Note: this study found evidence for a close affinity of Pastinaca, Leiotulus and Trigonosciadium
  2. Menemen, Y. & S. L. Jury. 2001. A taxonomic revision of the genus Pastinaca L. (Umbelliferae). Israel J. Bot. 49:67-77.
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=8937. Accessed 11 May 2026.