Prionosciadium watsonii

Prionosciadium watsonii is a plant species known from the Mexican states of Durango and Sinaloa.[2][3]

Prionosciadium watsonii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Apiales
Family:
Apiaceae
Subfamily:
Apioideae
Genus:
Prionosciadium
Species:
P. watsonii
Binomial name
Prionosciadium watsonii
J.M. Coult. & Rose
Synonyms[1]
  • Peucedanum mexicanum S. Wats. [not Prionosciadium mexicanum (Vatke) S. Wats. 1888]

Prionosciadium watsonii is a biennial herb with a large taproot. Leaves are compound with narrowly lanceolate, some of the leaflets with narrowly lanceolate lobes. Flowers are borne in umbels on the tips of branches.[4][5][6]

References
  1. Tropicos, Peucedanum mexicanum
  2. J.M. Coulter & J.M. Rose Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 25: 150. 1890.
  3. CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, Mexico City.
  4. Coulter, John Merle, & Rose, Joseph Nelson. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 25: 150. 1890.
  5. Mathias, M. E. & L. Constance. 1973. New and reconsidered Mexican Umbelliferae. Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 11(1): 1–24
  6. Field Museum, Neotropical Herbarium Specimens


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