Called “carrot family” in GBIF
Apiaceae, also called Umbelliferae, is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants named after the type genus Apium, and commonly known as the celery, carrot, or parsley family, or as umbellifers. It is the 16th-largest family of flowering plants, with more than 3,800 species in about 446 genera, including such well-known, and economically important plants as ajwain, angelica, anise, asafoetida, caraway, carrot, celery, chervil, coriander, cumin, dill, fennel, lovage, cow parsley, parsley, parsnip and sea holly, as well as silphium, a plant whose exact identity is unclear and which may be extinct.
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Daucus carota
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Daucus carota
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Daucus carota
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Petroselinum crispum
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Centella asiatica
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Coriandrum sativum
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Cuminum cyminum
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Heracleum maximum
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Anethum graveolens
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Angelica sinensis
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Sium suave
1 articleAlso here, with one plant each: Anethum (Dill), Centella (Gotu Kola), Cnidium (Cnidium monnieri), Coriandrum (Coriander), Cuminum (Cumin), Heracleum (Common cowparsnip), Petroselinum (Parsley), Pimpinella (Pimpinella diversifolia), Sium (Water parsnip), Bupleurum (Bupleurum), Chuanminshen (Chuanminshen), Saposhnikovia (Saposhnikovia).
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