Caucalis

Genus of plants

Caucalis

Botanical illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Apiales
Family:  | Apiaceae
Subfamily:  | Apioideae
Tribe:  | Scandiceae
Subtribe:  | Torilidinae
Genus:  | Caucalis

Species:  |

C. platycarpos

Binomial name
Caucalis platycarpos

Synonyms[1]

List

* Ageomoron royenii (L.) Raf.
* Caucalis lappula Grande
* Caucalis latifolia Lam. 1779 not (L.) L. 1768
* Caucalis linearifolia Req. ex DC.
* Caucalis queraltii Sennen
* Caucalis royenii (L.) Crantz
* Caucalis tenuifolia Salisb.
* Conium royenii L.
* Daucus caucalis E.H.L.Krause
* Daucus lappula Weber
* Daucus platycarpos Scop.
* Daucus royenii (L.) Baill.
* Orlaya platycarpos (L.) W.D.J.Koch

Caucalis platycarpos is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, the only member of the genus Caucalis. Common names are carrot bur parsley,[2] small bur-parsley,[3] and burr parsley.[4] It is native to Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East as far east as Iran.[5][6]

## Description

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Caucalis platycarpos is an annual up to 40 centimetres (16 in) tall with trailing stems. Leaves are highly divided into many small leaflets. Flowers are produced in an umbel of 2 to 5 flowers, each with white or pink petals. The fruit is an oblong capsule with many hooked spines on the surface.[5][7]

* Foliage

* Flowers close-up

* Fruit close-up

## Distribution and habitat

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It is distributed in southwest Asia, North Africa and most of central and Southern Europe; almost all of the Iberian Peninsula.

It is found in crop fields, fallows and nitrophilous grasslands. Preferably in basic substrates at an altitude of 100-1000 (1600) meters. Flowering occurs in March-June (July) and fruiting in May-August.

## References

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1. ^ The Plant List, Caucalis platycarpos L.
2. ^ NRCS. "Caucalis platycarpos". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 11 January 2016.
3. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
4. ^ Plazonić, A; Mornar, A; Maleš, Ž; Kujundžić, N (2013). "Phenolic content and antioxidant activities of burr parsley (Caucalis platycarpos L.)". Molecules. 18 (7): 8666–81\. doi:10.3390/molecules18078666. PMC 6269816. PMID 23881052.
5. ^ a b Tela Botanica, Caucalis à feuilles de carotte, Caucalis platycarpos L. in French with photo and French distribution map
6. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Lappola carota, Kletten-Haftdolde, piggkörvel, Caucalis platycarpos L.
7. ^ Herbario de la Universidad Pública de Navarra, Flora Arvense de Navarra, familia Umbelliferae, Caucalis platycarpos L. in Spanish, with photos

## External links

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* Media related to Caucalis at Wikimedia Commons

Taxon identifiers

Caucalis|

* Wikidata: Q2706677
* Wikispecies: Caucalis
* APDB: 189192
* APNI: 56976
* CoL: 3JM8
* EoL: 61503
* EPPO: 1CUCG
* FNA: 105926
* GBIF: 3034522
* GRIN: 2193
* iNaturalist: 156996
* IPNI: 39782-1
* IRMNG: 1298646
* ITIS: 500187
* NBN: NHMSYS0020420499
* NCBI: 52455
* NZOR: a59933b8-f3b1-4d77-88de-5f811d523c7b
* Open Tree of Life: 486740
* PLANTS: CAUCA
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:39782-1
* Tropicos: 40003007
* WFO: wfo-4000007045

Caucalis platycarpos|

* Wikidata: Q458238
* Wikispecies: Caucalis platycarpos
* APDB: 27112
* BioLib: 40233
* CoL: RWQN
* EoL: 485316
* EPPO: CUCLA
* GBIF: 3034523
* GRIN: 9630
* iNaturalist: 160242
* IPNI: 839978-1
* IRMNG: 11159631
* ISC: 113032
* ITIS: 501336
* NatureServe: 2.128533
* NBN: NBNSYS0000003649
* NCBI: 52456
* Open Tree of Life: 486742
* PalDat: Caucalis_platycarpos
* PFI: 3684
* Plant List: kew-2705953
* PLANTS: CAPL11
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:839978-1
* SANBI: 2135-4
* Tropicos: 1701057
* WFO: wfo-0000591123

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