Daucus

Daucus
	Daucus carota
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Apiaceae
Subfamily:	Apioideae
Tribe:	Scandiceae
Subtribe:	Daucinae
Genus:	Daucus; L., 1753
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	List Agrocharis Hochst.; Ammiopsis Boiss.; Babiron Raf.; Ballimon Raf.; Carota Rupr.; Caucaliopsis H.Wolff; Ctenodaucus Pomel; Durieua Boiss. & Reut.; Gynophyge Gilli; Heterosciadium Lange ex Willk.; Melanaton Raf.; Melanoselinum Hoffm.; Meopsis (Calest.) Koso-Pol.; Monizia Lowe; Pachyctenium Maire & Pamp.; Peltactila Raf.; Platydaucon Rchb.; Platyspermum Hoffm.; Pomelia Durando ex Pomel; Pseudorlaya Murb.; Rouya Coincy; Staflinus Raf.; Tetrapleura Parl.; Tiricta Raf.; Tornabenea Parl.;

Daucus is a worldwide genus of herbaceous plants of the celery family Apiaceae of which the best-known species is the cultivated carrot. Daucus has about 75 species.^[1] The oldest carrot fossil is 1.3 Ma, and was found on the island of Madeira in the Atlantic Ocean.^[2]

^ WFO (2023): Daucus L. Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-4000010858. Accessed on: 23 Jan 2023.
^ Góis-Marques, Carlos A.; Nascimento, Lea de; Fernández-Palacios, José María; Madeira, José; Sequeira, Miguel Menezes de (2019). "Tracing insular woodiness in giant Daucus (s.l.) fruit fossils from the Early Pleistocene of Madeira Island (Portugal)". Taxon. 68 (6): 1314–1320. doi:10.1002/tax.12175. hdl:10400.13/5323. ISSN 1996-8175. S2CID 214067624.

[WFO-1] WFO (2023): Daucus L. Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-4000010858. Accessed on: 23 Jan 2023.

[2] Góis-Marques, Carlos A.; Nascimento, Lea de; Fernández-Palacios, José María; Madeira, José; Sequeira, Miguel Menezes de (2019). "Tracing insular woodiness in giant Daucus (s.l.) fruit fossils from the Early Pleistocene of Madeira Island (Portugal)". Taxon. 68 (6): 1314–1320. doi:10.1002/tax.12175. hdl:10400.13/5323. ISSN 1996-8175. S2CID 214067624.

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Daucus

Daucus carota
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Apiaceae
Subfamily:	Apioideae
Tribe:	Scandiceae
Subtribe:	Daucinae
Genus:	Daucus L., 1753
Species
See text
Synonyms
List Agrocharis Hochst. Ammiopsis Boiss. Babiron Raf. Ballimon Raf. Carota Rupr. Caucaliopsis H.Wolff Ctenodaucus Pomel Durieua Boiss. & Reut. Gynophyge Gilli Heterosciadium Lange ex Willk. Melanaton Raf. Melanoselinum Hoffm. Meopsis (Calest.) Koso-Pol. Monizia Lowe Pachyctenium Maire & Pamp. Peltactila Raf. Platydaucon Rchb. Platyspermum Hoffm. Pomelia Durando ex Pomel Pseudorlaya Murb. Rouya Coincy Staflinus Raf. Tetrapleura Parl. Tiricta Raf. Tornabenea Parl.