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  9. ›Daucinae
carrots
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carrots

Daucus

Daucus is a worldwide genus of herbaceous plants of the family Apiaceae of which the best-known species is the cultivated carrot. Daucus has about 25 species.

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41 branches of this genus, most-observed first

wild carrot

speciesDaucus carota

American wild carrot

speciesDaucus pusillus

Australian Carrot

speciesDaucus glochidiatus

Parsnip palm

speciesDaucus decipiens

Small Carrot

speciesDaucus pumilus

Mediterranean Carrot

speciesDaucus muricatus

Coastal Carrot

speciesDaucus glaber

Daucus elegans

speciesDaucus elegans

Daucus crinitus

speciesDaucus crinitus

Brotero's Carrot

speciesDaucus broteri

Daucus montanus

speciesDaucus montanus

Whorled Carrot

speciesDaucus involucratus

Carrot-tree

speciesDaucus edulis

Daucus insularis

speciesDaucus insularis

Daucus setifolius

speciesDaucus setifolius

Eastern Carrot

speciesDaucus guttatus

Agrocharis

sectionAgrocharis

Daucus aureus

speciesDaucus aureus

Daucus durieua

speciesDaucus durieua

Daucus minusculus

speciesDaucus minusculus

Daucus rouyi

speciesDaucus rouyi

Daucus tenuissimus

speciesDaucus tenuissimus

Daucus virgatus

speciesDaucus virgatus

Daucus sahariensis

speciesDaucus sahariensis

Daucus reboudii

speciesDaucus reboudii

Daucus humilis

speciesDaucus humilis

Daucus setulosus

speciesDaucus setulosus

Daucus hochstetteri

speciesDaucus hochstetteri

Daucus mirabilis

speciesDaucus mirabilis

Daucus jordanicus

speciesDaucus jordanicus

Daucus mauritii

speciesDaucus mauritii

Daucus microscias

speciesDaucus microscias

Daucus syrticus

speciesDaucus syrticus

Daucus tenuisectus

speciesDaucus tenuisectus

Daucus aleppicus

speciesDaucus aleppicus

Daucus bicolor

speciesDaucus bicolor

Daucus biseriatus

speciesDaucus biseriatus

Daucus conchitae

speciesDaucus conchitae

Daucus della-cellae

speciesDaucus della-cellae

Daucus subsessilis

speciesDaucus subsessilis

Daucus glaberrimus

speciesDaucus glaberrimus

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

carrots in Herbarius latinus (with French synonyms)

Herbarius latinus (with French synonyms)

1486 · p.111

carrots in Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam

Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam

Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.448

carrots in Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam

Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam

Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.449

carrots in Latin Herbal

Latin Herbal

1484 · p.109

carrots in Latin Herbal with German Synonyms

Latin Herbal with German Synonyms

1484 · p.137

carrots in Herbarius

Herbarius

1485 · p.110

carrots in Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)

Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)

1486 · p.107

carrots in Latin Herbal with German Synonyms

Latin Herbal with German Synonyms

1486 · p.110

carrots in Ortus sanitatis

Ortus sanitatis

1491 · p.153

carrots in Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)

Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)

Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.126

carrots in Herbal of Virtues

Herbal of Virtues

1499 · p.109

carrots in Garden of Health

Garden of Health

1507 · p.124

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