Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Apiales Nakai
Family
Umbelliferae
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Ammi L., Sp. Pl. 243 (1753)
 Description

Annual or biennial herbs, usually glabrous. Lvs 1–3-pinnate or ternate; segments narrow. Umbels compound, pedunculate; bracts several, long, simple or pinnate; bracteoles numerous. Petals white or yellowish, irregular, with apex deeply notched and inflexed; calyx teeth small or 0. Fr. ovoid or ovoid-oblong, slightly flattened laterally, not beaked, spineless; commissure narrow; ribs 5 per mericarp, equal, slender; vittae solitary in furrows.

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

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Ammi L.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised1
Exotic: Casual1
Total2
 Bibliography
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.