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Taxon:  Apium graveolens L. var. rapaceum (Mill.) DC.



Summary
Genus:
Apium
Family:
Apiaceae (alt. Umbelliferae)
Subfamily:
Apioideae
Tribe:
Apieae
Nomen number:
3704
Place of publication:
Prodr. 4:101. 1830 (J. Gaudin, Fl. helv. 2:422. 1828 "A. graveolens ββ napaceum")
Comment:
  • [or A. graveolens Celeriac Group]
  • although Gaudin (in Flora Helvetica) validly published infraspecific names at 3 hierarchical positions, only his 2nd-level names can be assigned rank (variety, designated by Greek letters and referenced in observations by that term) under the Melbourne ICN Art. 37, the remaining names must be treated as unranked (fide W. Greuter, pers. comm. on 25 Aug 2010)
Verified:
10/03/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Apium graveolens L. (7 active accession[s])
Apium graveolens L. var. dulce (Mill.) DC. (0 active accession[s])
Apium graveolens L. var. graveolens (0 active accession[s])
Apium graveolens L. var. secalinum Alef. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Apium rapaceum Mill.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Apium graveolens L. subsp. rapaceum (Mill.) Schubl. & G. Martens

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Reference(s)
  1. Conrad, L. R. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
  2. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984 Note: lists as A. graveolens var. rapaceum (Mill.) Gaud.
  3. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). Note: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Apium+graveolens+var.+rapaceum&quantity=1
  4. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 Note: lists as A. graveolens var. rapaceum (Mill.) Gaud.
  5. Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996 Note: mentions
  6. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976 Note: lists as A. graveolens var. rapaceum (Mill.) Gaud.
  7. Mansfeld, R. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2. 1959 Note: lists as A. graveolens var. rapaceum (Mill.) Gaud.
  8. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
  9. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 Note: American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
  10. Office of the Union. UPOV: International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants. List of the taxa protected by the members of the Union. 2009 http://www.upov.int/export/sites/upov/en/documents/c/43/c_43_06.pdf
  11. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
  12. Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 8:87. Note: = A. graveolens Celeriac Group
Common names
English
celeriac –
celery-root –
knob celery –
root celery –
turnip-root celery –
Dutch
knolselderij –
French
ache-douce –
céleri rave –
German
Eppich –
Knollensellerie –
Sellerie –
Wurzelsellerie –
Italian
sedano rapa –
Spanish
apio nabo –
apio rabano –
apirrábano –
Transcribed Chinese
gen qin cai –
Transliterated Russian
sel'derej korneplodnyj –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    only cult.
Cultivated (only cult.)
Economic Uses
Human food
Medicines
folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2) –


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