Heracleum dissectum

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Heracleum dissectum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Heracleum
Species:
H. dissectum
Binomial name
Heracleum dissectum
Ledeb. [1]

Heracleum dissectum is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. [2] It is found in Siberia and adjoining regions of northern Asia.

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Taxonomy

Heracleum dissectum was first described by the German-Estonian botanist Carl Friedrich von Ledebour in 1829. [1] [3] Ledebour simultaneously described Heracleum barbatum, [4] a name that is now considered to be a synonym of Heracleum dissectumLedeb. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Heracleum dissectumLedeb.". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens . Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  2. "Heracleum dissectumLedeb.". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  3. Ledebour (1829), pp.  301–2.
  4. Ledebour (1829), pp.  300–1.
  5. "Heracleum barbatumLedeb.". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 2023-08-28.

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