Daucus carota L.

APIACEAE

- Carrot family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Daucus carota L.

Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 242 (1753)
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Queen Anne's lace

English name: black carrot

English name: carrot

Spanish name: zanahoria

French name: carotte

Italian name: Carota

German name: Mohrrübe

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Biennial

Synonyms:
= Daucus carota L. ssp. carota
= Daucus carota L. ssp. sativus (Hoffm.) Arcang.

Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Daucus carota L. ssp. carota
2) Daucus carota L. ssp. sativus (Hoffm.) Arcang.

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Daucus
Species:

Page counter: 3011 ( AVG: 221.14 / 219.821 )

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Daucus carota
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Daucus carota
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Portoferraio, località Magazzini, lungo un canale cha solca un'area agricola., LI, Toscana, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Daucus carota

Daucus carota
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Daucus carota
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Daucus carota
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Daucus carota

Daucus carota
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Daucus carota

Daucus carota
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Daucus carota
Credit: Photo by Antonino Messina

Daucus carota
Credit: Photo by Giuliano Campus

Daucus carota
C. Hoffmann - Botanischer Bilder-Atlas (1884) - This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired.

Daucus carota

Daucus carota
Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna

Daucus carota
Photo by Leo Michels. Usage: Public Domain

Daucus carota

Daucus carota
Photo by Leo Michels. Usage: Public Domain

Daucus carota

Daucus carota
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Daucus carota
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), USA+ (Puerto Rico), CAN (BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK)

Distributional map for Daucus carota L.
Map for Daucus carota L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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More species:
1) Daucus carota L. ssp. carota [351]
2) Daucus carota L. ssp. sativus (Hoffm.) Arcang. [186]
3) Daucus pusillus Michx. [470]
4) Decaspermum fruticosum J.R. Forst. [322]
5) Decumaria barbara L. [308]
6) Delairea odorata Lem. [258]
7) Delissea subcordata Gaudich. var. waralaeensis H. St. John [134]
8) Delphinium amabile Tidestr. ssp. clarianum Ewan [163]
9) Delphinium basalticum Warnock [252]
10) Delphinium carolinianum Walter ssp. carolinianum [293]

19-Apr-2024 - Week-16