Links to other sites with Umbellifer interest
Images
Texas A&M Univeristy's Vascular Plant Image Gallery
: Apiaceae (lots of images of cultivated and wild Umbellifers).
Brousseau California Flora Photos
: Apiaceae(lots of images of Californian Umbellifers).
Wisconsin's
Apiaceae pictures
(gopher directory with several general Umbellifer images).
University of Hawaii-Manoa
Apiaceae pictures
(a family description with several images).
Albion College
Apiaceae (and Araliaceae) pictures
(only a few images).
Apiaceae images at the
Australian National Botanic Gardens
(only a few images at present).
Descriptions and Nomenclature
Texas A&M University's Flora page
has lots of information and links on many families of flowering plants. Search under Apiaceae from this start page. This site also includes a good overview of plant classification systems (Cronquist, Takhtajan and Thorne).
DELTA descriptions
of Umbelliferae
(also has a few illustration, quotes, etc.).
Cronquist family synonymy for Apicaeae
(Index Nominum Supragenericorum Project).
Flora Europaea Database
, checklist for European species.
Synonymised Checklist of the Vascular
Flora of the United States, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands: Apiaceae
(BONAP/Texus A&M University).
Indices Nominum supragenericorum Plantarum Vascularium
(University of Maryland), an alphabetical listing by genera of validly published suprageneric plant names.
Uses
USDA Ethnobotanical data
for Apiaceae, lots of data on uses for many umbellifers, common names, etc.
GRIN database of Economic Plants
(USDA), large listing of economic plants worldwide.
USDA Carrot Genetics and Breeding Project
(University of Wisconsin) has several useful links.
US collection of carrot and its wild relatives
, a basic links page
Carrot fact sheet
(University of Wisconsin) the history of domestication of the Carrot.
Carrot fact sheet
(Oxford Forestry Institute) of Carrot crop data.
Carrot fact sheet
(Perdue University) of basic Carrot crop data
Canadian Poisonous Plants Information System
for Umbelliferae, good data on a few of the more common N American poisonous species.
Specimens and Collections Listings
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Living Plants Catalogue
includes seedbank records.
Collection data from the
Flora of Costa Rica: Apiaceae
Apiaceae specimen data from the
Flora of China
Endemic Apiaceae of
Texas
Flora of Texus Consortium county map of Apiaceae
and
specimen listing
Utah Apiaceae from the
Utah Atlas
at Utah State University
Apiaceae from Southern California
from the Loyola Marymount
CalFlora Database
family diversity map of Apiaceae
Literature
AGRICOLA: Umbelliferae or Apiaceae
, US National Agricultural Library listing.
Research Homepages
Umbelliferae Research at the
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Other related sites
Internet Directory for Botany
, an invaluable source of links to a large number of other sites
Dipsacales Research Website
at Uppsala University.