Classification
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Melanoselinum Hoffm., Gen. Pl. Umbell. 156 (1814)
 Description

Monocarpic biennials or perennials, usually hairy;  stems woody.  Lvs 2–3-pinnate;  segments broad.  Umbels compound, pedunculate;  bracts and bracteoles numerous, entire.  Petals white to purplish, ± regular, with apex entire, acuminate, inflexed;  calyx teeth small.  Fr. oblong to ovoid, flattened dorsally, not beaked, spineless, but often pubescent;  commissure broad;  ribs 5 per mericarp, the dorsal slender, the lateral with a thin denticulate wing; lateral wings of opposing mericarps not appressed;  vittae several in furrows.

[From:  Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Melanoselinum Hoffm.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised1
Total1
 Bibliography
Banasiak, Ł.; Wojewódzka, A.; Baczyński, J.; Reduron, J.-P.; Piwczyński, M.; Kurzyna-Młynik, R.; Gutaker, R.; Czarnocka-Cieciura, A.; Kosmala-Grzechnik, S.; Spalik, K. 2016: Phylogeny of Apiaceae subtribe Daucinae and the taxonomic delineation of its genera. Taxon 65(3): 563–585.
Hoffman, G.F. 1814: Genera Plantarum Umbelliferarum. N.S. Vsevolozskianis, Moscow.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.