| Accepted name: |
Levisticum officinale Koch |
| Synonym(s): |
-Hipposelinum levisticum (L.) Britton
-Levisticum levisticum Karst.
-Ligusticum levisticum L.
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| English names: |
Shop Lovage
Lovage
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| French names: |
Lévistique officinale
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HLEVOF
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Cultivated as a spice and medicinal plant, mainly for its leaves and roots(1). |
| Key Characters: |
- |
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