Smyrnium | |
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Smyrnium perfoliatum | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Apiales |
Family: | Apiaceae |
Subfamily: | Apioideae |
Tribe: | Smyrnieae |
Genus: | Smyrnium L. |
Species | |
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Smyrnium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae. Range in country of S. Europe to Asia. Occasionally naturalised in Britain.
Species include: [1]
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