| Accepted name: |
Petroselinum crispum (Miller) Nyman ex Hill |
| Synonym(s): |
-Apium petroselinum L.
-Apium crispum Miller
-Petroselinum hortense H. Hoffm.
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| English names: |
Common Parsley
Garden Parsley
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| French names: |
Persil cultivé
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HPETCR
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
B |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Used medicinally in Greek and Roman antiquity. Grown as a herb in S Europe from then onwards. A rich source of provitamin A and vitamin C. Preprations of fruits, roots and juice are applicated especially in folk medicine as diuretic, tonic and aphrodisiac(1). |
| Key Characters: |
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