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parsnips
Pastinaca
Pastinaca (parsnips) is a genus of flowering plant in the Apiaceae family, comprising 14 species. The economically most important member of the genus is Pastinaca sativa, the parsnip.
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first

wild parsnip
speciesPastinaca sativa

Pastinaca clausii
speciesPastinaca clausii

Pastinaca armena
speciesPastinaca armena

Pastinaca lucida
speciesPastinaca lucida

Pastinaca pimpinellifolia
speciesPastinaca pimpinellifolia

Pastinaca aurantiaca
speciesPastinaca aurantiaca

Pastinaca kochii
speciesPastinaca kochii
Pastinaca hirsuta
speciesPastinaca hirsuta
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries

A New Distribution of Umbelliferous Plants
Robert Morison · 1672 · p.141

Herbarius
1485 · p.238

Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.715

Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.236

Herbal of Virtues
1499 · p.237

On the Virtues of Herbs
Macer Floridus · 1150 · p.181

Latin Herbal
1484 · p.237

Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.263

Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.265

Herbarius
1485 · p.236

Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.233

Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.235
In the stacks
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Every page naming Pastinaca in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 54899.