Class
Order
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Coriandrum L., Sp. Pl. 256 (1753)
Description
Glabrous annual herbs. Lvs 1–3-pinnate or ternate; segments broad or narrow. Umbels compound, pedunculate; bracts 0–1, simple; bracteoles few, simple. Petals white or pink, irregular with outer larger and deeply 2-lobed; apex inflexed; calyx teeth evident, unequal, acute. Fr. ovoid or globose, hard, terete, not beaked, spineless; commissure broad; ribs 9 per mericarp, low, somewhat unequal, secondary broader than primary; vittae solitary, inconspicuous in mature fr.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
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.
