Seselopsis Schischk.

Genus

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae

Characteristics

Herbs, biennial, glabrous. Roots fusiform, woody. Stem solitary, erect, sparsely branched. Basal leaves petiolate, petioles sheathing; blade ternate-2-pinnate; ultimate segments linear-lanceolate. Umbels compound, terminal; bracts absent; rays unequal; bracteoles several, linear or lanceolate, entire. Calyx teeth obsolete. Petals white or purplish, obcordate, base cuneate, apex notched, with narrow inward curved lobule, outer petals of umbellules slightly larger (radiant). Stylopodium low-conic; styles ca. equal to stylopodium, reflexed. Fruit ovoid, slightly dorsally compressed, glabrous; dorsal and intermediate ribs narrowly winged, lateral wings often broader; vittae solitary in each furrow, 2 on commissure. Seed face plane. Carpophore 2-cleft to base.
Life form biennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) -
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Seselopsis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:40524-1
WFO ID wfo-4000035184
COL ID 7FZS
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Seselopsis

Lower taxons

Seselopsis pusilla Seselopsis tianschanica