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    Cryptotaenia
    Cryptotaenia japonica
    Scientific classification Edit this classification
    Kingdom: Plantae
    Clade: Tracheophytes
    Clade: Angiosperms
    Clade: Eudicots
    Clade: Asterids
    Order: Apiales
    Family: Apiaceae
    Subfamily: Apioideae
    Tribe: Oenantheae
    Genus: Cryptotaenia
    DC.
    Type species
    Cryptotaenia canadensis
    Synonyms[1]
    • Alacospermum Neck.
    • Deringa Adans.
    • Mesodiscus Raf.
    • Myrrha Mitch.

    Cryptotaenia, or honewort,[2] is a genus of herbaceous perennial plants, native to North America, Africa, and eastern Asia, growing wild in moist, shady places.

    Species

    Six species are accepted by Plants of the World Online as of February 2025.[1] Other studies suggested that the African and Canary Island species should be moved to other genera and that the Italian endemic Lereschia thomasii should be included in Cryptotaenia.[3][4] In 2016 the Canary Islands endemic Cryptotaenia elegans was moved to genus Daucus as Daucus elegans.[5]

    1. Cryptotaenia africana (Hook.f.) Drude - Gabon[6]
    2. Cryptotaenia calycina C.C.Towns. - Tanzania[7]
    3. Cryptotaenia canadensis (L.) DC. - eastern + central North America[8]
    4. Cryptotaenia flahaultii (Woronow) Koso-Pol. - Republic of Georgia[9]
    5. Cryptotaenia japonica Hassk. - Japan, Korea, China[10]
    6. Cryptotaenia polygama C.C.Towns. - Tanzania[11]

    Formerly placed here

    • Daucus elegans (Webb ex Bolle) Spalik, Banasiak & Reduron (as Cryptotaenia elegans Webb ex Bolle)[5]

    References

    1. ^ a b "Cryptotaenia DC". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
    2. ^ English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 426. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.
    3. ^ Hardway, T. M.; Spalik, K.; Watson, M. F.; Katz-Downie, D. S.; Downie, S. R. (2004). "Circumscription of Apiaceae tribe Oenantheae" (PDF). South African Journal of Botany. 70 (3): 393–406. doi:10.1016/S0254-6299(15)30222-2.
    4. ^ Spalik, K.; Downie, S. R. (2007). "Intercontinental disjunctions in Cryptotaenia (Apiaceae, Oenantheae): an appraisal using molecular data" (pdf). Journal of Biogeography. 34 (12): 2039–2054. Bibcode:2007JBiog..34.2039S. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01752.x. S2CID 4838103.
    5. ^ a b "Daucus elegans (Webb ex Bolle) Spalik, Banasiak & Reduron". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
    6. ^ ORSTOM. 1988. List Vasc. Pl. Gabon Herbier National du Gabon, Yaounde
    7. ^ Townsend, Clifford Charles. Kew Bulletin 38: 59. 1983
    8. ^ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map
    9. ^ IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, Cryptotaenia flahaultii vulnerable rating
    10. ^ Flora of China Vol. 14 Page 80, 鸭儿芹 ya er qin, Cryptotaenia japonica Hasskarl, Retzia. 1: 113. 1855.
    11. ^ Townsend, Clifford Charles. Kew Bulletin 38: 57. 1983.
    Credit: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptotaenia

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