Prionosciadium

Prionosciadium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Apiaceae
Subfamily:	Apioideae
Genus:	Prionosciadium S. Wats.
Type species
Prionosciadium madrense S. Wats.[1][2]

Prionosciadium is a genus in the carrot family, Apiaceae. It is endemic to Mexico. The plants are biennial herbs with large taproots.^[3][4][5]

Species^[6]

1. Prionosciadium bellii Mathias & Constance - Michoacán
2. Prionosciadium cuneatum J.M.Coult. & Rose - Jalisco
3. Prionosciadium diversifolium Rose - Guerrero
4. Prionosciadium humile Rose - Nuevo León
5. Prionosciadium lilacinum Mathias & Constance - Jalisco, Nayarit
6. Prionosciadium linearifolium (S. Watson) J.M.Coult. & Rose - Puebla and Zacatecas
7. Prionosciadium madrense S. Wats. - Chihuahua
8. Prionosciadium megacarpum J.M.Coult. & Rose - Oaxaca
9. Prionosciadium nelsonii J.M.Coult. & Rose - Morelos, Chiapas
10. Prionosciadium saraviki Laferr. - Chihuahua
11. Prionosciadium thapsoides (DC.) Mathias - Veracruz, Mexico State
12. Prionosciadium townsendii Rose - Chihuahua
13. Prionosciadium watsonii J.M.Coult. & Rose - Durango, Sinaloa, Oaxaca

References

1. lectotype designated by M. E. Mathias & L. Constance, N. Amer. Fl. 28B: 205 (1945)
2. Tropicos, Prionosciadium S. Watson
3. John Merle Coulter, Joseph Nelson Rose - 1900. A Synopsis of Mexican and Central American Umbelliferae. Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci. 1:111-159.
4. Watson, Sereno. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 23(2): 275–276. 1888.
5. Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2009. Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. 4(1): i–xvi, 1–855. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F..
6. The Plant List search for Prionosciadium