Apiaceae
Carum

Carum carvi L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 263 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Temp. Eurasia. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Manchuria, Mongolia, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Sakhalin, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Alberta, Algeria, British Columbia, Colorado, Connecticut, Cyprus, District of Columbia, Føroyar, Great Britain, Greenland, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ireland, Kentucky, Labrador, Libya, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Morocco, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Dakota, South Georgia, Tunisia, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Abdulina, S.A. (1999). Spisok Sosudistykn Rastenii Kazakhstana: 1-187. Academy of Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
  • Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.
  • Allred, K.W. (2012). Flora Neomexicana, ed. 2, 1: 1-599. Range Science Herbarium, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 2: 1-429. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. & Edmondson, J.R. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Iraq 5(2): 1-349. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G. (2001). Flora of Bhutan 2: 1-1675. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Hedge, I.C., Lamond, J.M. & Rechinger, K.H. (1987). Flora Iranica 162: 1-555. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz.
  • Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.
  • Jonsell, B. & Karlsson, T. (eds.) (2010). Flora Nordica 6: 1-298. The Bergius Foundaton.
  • Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1987). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 2: 1-448. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Komiljon, T., Natalya, B., Avazbek, B., Dilnoza, A., Ziyoviddin, Y., Deng, T. & Sun, H. (2020). Flora of the Dzhizak Province, Uzbekistan: 1-523. China Forestry Publishing House.
  • Kozhevnikov, A.E., Kozhevnikov, Z.V., Kwak, M. & Lee, B.Y. (2019). Illustrated flora of the Primorsky Territory, Russian Far East: 1-1124. National institute of biological resources.
  • Kryukova, M.V. & Kostomarova, I.V. (2014). New and rar species of vascular plants in the state natural reserve "Botchinsky". Botanicheskii Zhurnal. Moscow & Leningrad 99: 1129-1133.
  • Larson, J., Reif, B., Nelson, B.E. & Hartman, R.L. (2014). Floristic studies in North Central New Mexico, U.S.A. the Sange de Cristo mountains. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 8: 271-303.
  • Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://newfoundland-labradorflora.ca/checklist/.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
  • Nasir, E. (1972). Flora of West Pakistan 20: 1-169.
  • Nikolin, E.G. (2020). Opredelitel' vysshikh rasteniy Yakutii: 1-895. Moskva : Tovarishchestvo Nauchnykh Izdaniy KMK Novosibirsk "Nauka".
  • Peschkova, G.A. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Siberia 10: 1-314. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  • Pimenov, M.G., Kljuykov, E.V. & Ukrainskaja, U.A. (2014). Cephalopodum badachshanicum, Semenovia vachanica and other Umbelliferae (Apiaceae) novelties of Afghan flora from Badakhshan province, with notes on some species of the Pamirs. Skvortsovia 1: 149-168.
  • Shishkin, B.K. (ed.) (1950). Flora Turkmenii 5: 1-271. Turkmenskoe gosudarstvennoe izd., Ashkhabad.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) in Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2012). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 3(2): 1-623. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1968). Flora Europaea 2: 1-469. Cambridge University Press.
  • Van Wyk, B.-E., Tilney, P.M. & Magee, A.R. (2013). African Apiaceae: a synopsis of the Apiaceae/Umbelliferae of Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar: 1- 317. Briza Academic Books, Pretoria.
  • Vvedensky, A.I. (ed.) (1959). Flora Uzbekistana 4: 1-507. Izd-va Akademii nauk Uzbekskoi SSR, Tashkent.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2005). Flora of China 14: 1-581. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
  • Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 3: 1-513. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.

Flora of Iraq

  • Boiss., Fl. Orient. 2: 879 (1872);
  • E. Nasir in Fl. Pak. 20: 87 (1972);
  • Guest in Dep. Agr. Iraq Bull. 27: 19 (1933);
  • Hedge & Lamond in Fl. Turk. 4: 347 (1972);
  • Husain & Kasim, in Cult. Pl. Iraq 105 (1972);
  • Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. ed. 1: 263 (1753);
  • Meikle, Fl. Cyprus 1: 743 (1977);
  • Rawi & Chakr. in Dep. Agr. Iraq Tech. Bull. 15: 23 (1964);
  • Rech.f., Fl. Iranica 162: 263 (1987);
  • Schischkin in Fl. SSSR 16: 386 (1950);
  • She Menglan & Watson in Fl. China 14: 81 (2005).
  • Wolff, l.c. 145 (1927);
  • Zohary, Fl. Palest. ed. 2, 2: 522 (1933);

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Abdulina, S.A. (1999). Spisok Sosudistykn Rastenii Kazakhstana: 1-187. Academy of Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
  • Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.
  • Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 2: 1-429. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. & Edmondson, J.R. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Iraq 5(2): 1-349. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • Gilman, A.V. (2015). New flora of Vermont. Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 110: 1-614.
  • Hedge, I.C., Lamond, J.M. & Rechinger, K.H. (1987). Flora Iranica 162: 1-555. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz.
  • Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.
  • Jonsell, B. & Karlsson, T. (eds.) (2010). Flora Nordica 6: 1-298. The Bergius Foundaton.
  • Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1987). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 2: 1-448. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • Larson, J., Reif, B., Nelson, B.E. & Hartman, R.L. (2014). Floristic studies in North Central New Mexico, U.S.A. the Sange de Cristo mountains. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 8: 271-303.
  • Liu, B. (2020-2021). Personal communication on the Flora of China. 1 Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
  • Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://newfoundland-labradorflora.ca/checklist/.
  • Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
  • Peschkova, G.A. (ed.) (2006). Flora of Siberia 10: 1-314. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  • Shishkin, B.K. (ed.) (1950). Flora Turkmenii 5: 1-271. Turkmenskoe gosudarstvennoe izd., Ashkhabad.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • USDA, NRCS ( 2021-continuously updated). Natural Resources Conservation Services Plant Database http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=checklist.html.
  • Vvedensky, A.I. (ed.) (1959). Flora Uzbekistana 4: 1-507. Izd-va Akademii nauk Uzbekskoi SSR, Tashkent.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1977 Parsa, A. [703] Iran K000685674 Unknown Type Material Yes
Metcalfe, E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002649423 No
s.coll. [829] Finland K002649459 No
Kennedy, R.S. [14] China K002649925 Yes
Jacquemont [957] K001790259 Yes
G. H. [Canduell] [182] Iceland K002649448 No
Noel, P. [s.n.] French Southern and Antarctic Lands K001574043 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland K002649471 No
[Somvobree] [1914] Belgium K002649486 No
Thurston, E. [s.n.] K002649417 No
s.coll. [s.n.] K002649504 No
Dunn, S.T. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002649431 No
Bullock, A. [685] United Kingdom K002649436 No
Summerhayes, V.S. [3301] Spain K002649497 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland K002649480 No
Bourgeau, E. [557] Spain K002649496 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K002649499 No
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002649494 No
Martins, M.M.; Bravais [s.n.] Switzerland K002649477 No
Summerhayes, V.S. [40] Norway K002649449 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002649432 No
[Yu. Urumov] [s.n.] Bulgaria K002649502 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland K002649473 No
Turrill, W.B. [342] Iceland K002649447 No
Thurston, E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002649413 No
Saunders, A. [12/84] K002649425 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [4282] United Kingdom K002649433 No
Lindberg, H. [s.n.] Finland K002649460 No
Beguinot, A. [s.n.] Italy K002649498 No
[Aus.] [s.n.] Sweden K002649458 No
Johnston, H. [724] United Kingdom K002649442 No
Ahlberg, F. [s.n.] Sweden K002649455 No
Bredemann, G.; Nieser, O. [s.n.] Germany K002649464 No
[H. A. Bruett] [s.n.] United Kingdom K002649424 No
Sandwith, N.Y. [4950] Spain K002649495 No
Meebold, A. [s.n.] Germany K002649465 No
Edmonds, M.E. [114] Austria K002649483 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland K002649470 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002649428 No
Lousley, J.E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002649441 No
s.coll. [458] United Kingdom K002649443 No
Gilliat-Smith, B. [270[0]] Bosnia and Herzegovina K002649463 No
Sandwith, N.Y. [3184] United Kingdom K002649430 No
Worsdell, W.C. [250/1] United Kingdom K002649437 No
Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002649420 No
Hill, A.W. [s.n.] Switzerland K002649479 No
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] Switzerland K002649474 No
Brummitt, R.K. [5468] Italy K002649500 No
Edmonds, M.E. [26] Austria K002649484 No
Brenan, J.P.M. [3936] United Kingdom K002649434 No
Sandwith, N.Y. [5433] United Kingdom K002649426 No
Joad, G.C. [s.n.] Switzerland K002649469 No
Clarke, T. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002649422 No
Turner, D. [s.n.] K002649438 No
Walton, H.J. [s.n.] China K000685656 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sandwith, N.Y. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002649412 No
[Carthmers] [15A] United Kingdom K002649440 No
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002649487 No
Andersson, N.J. [65] Sweden K002649457 No
Maas Geesteranus, R.A. [4137] Netherlands K002649485 No
Thurston, E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002649418 No
Lousley, J.E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002649444 No
[W. Borlage] [s.n.] United Kingdom K002649415 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Norway K002649451 No
Royle [s.n.] India K000685658 Unknown Type Material Yes
Maly, K. [s.n.] Bosnia and Herzegovina K002649503 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Russia K002649466 No
Summerhayes, V.S. [41] Norway K002649450 No
{Bordère} [s.n.] France K002649491 No
M. McCallum [Welite] [5783] United Kingdom K002649445 No
Goghina, E.E. [s.n.] Russia K002649467 No
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002649489 No
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002649493 No
Phillips, H. [s.n.] Switzerland K002649475 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland K002649472 No
Brenan, J.P.M.; Alston, A.H.G.; Sandwith, N.Y.; Sandwith, C.I. [3479] United Kingdom K002649429 No
Saunders, A. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002649427 No
Walton, H.J. [4] China K000685657 Unknown Type Material Yes
{Blytt} [s.n.] Norway K002649454 No
Nicholson, G.; Burkill, I.H. [160] Austria K002649482 No
Dewar, A. [458] United Kingdom K002649439 No
Carrier [s.n.] France K002649488 No
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002649490 No
[Ft.]; Muret [s.n.] Switzerland K002649476 No
Bergendal [s.n.] Sweden K002649456 No
{Gander} [s.n.] Austria K002649481 No
Thurston, E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002649416 No
{Sagorski} [s.n.] Germany K002649461 No
Lambert [s.n.] Germany K002649462 No
Wright, L.S. [s.n.] Norway K002649452 No
Stevens, W. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002649419 No
[Hanburg Loliosn] [s.n.] France K002649492 No
Gamble, J.S. [30257] Switzerland K002649478 No
Lowne, B.T. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002649421 No
Last, G.V.C. [250/1] United Kingdom K002649435 No

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  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Iraq

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images