e-Key v3 - *Coriandrum
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Interactive keys to the identification of seed plants of southern Africa using keys based on plant morphology.

Apiaceae - Apioideae - *Coriandrum L.

Description :

  • Annual herbs, strongly aromatic; stem erect, with slender taproot
  • Leaves pinnate or bipinnate, dimorphic; lower ones with broad, cuneate segments, upper ones with slender, linear segments
  • Flowers in terminal and lateral umbels; involucre inconspicuous or absent
  • Calyx with conspicuous, triangular teeth
  • Petals white to pink, outer ones of outer flowers much enlarged
  • Fruit globose, glabrous, with inconspicuous blunt ribs; oil ducts 0; carpophore bipartite
  • Seeds concave on inner face
  • x = 11 (aneuploids)

Nomenclature:

  • *Coriandrum L.
    • Linnaeus: 256 (1753)
    • Cannon: 575 (1978)
    • Burtt: 203 (1991)
    • Pimenov & Leonov: 38 (1993)

Distribution & Notes:

  • Global : Species 2, Europe and Asia
  • Southern Africa : Species 1: * Coriandrum sativum L., Coriander; occurs sporadically as an escape in all parts

References:

  • BURTT, B.L. 1991. Umbelliferae of southern Africa: an introduction and annotated checklist. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 48
  • CANNON, J.F.M. 1978. Umbelliferae . Flora zambesiaca 4
  • LINNAEUS, C. 1753. Species plantarum . Laurentius Salvius, Stockholm
  • PIMENOV, M.G. & LEONOV, M.V. 1993. The genera of the Umbelliferae . A nomenclator . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew