Bunium elegans is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae found in Syria and Lebanon. A specimen is kept at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris.[3] The plant contains essential oils.[4]

Bunium elegans
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Bunium
Species:
B. elegans
Binomial name
Bunium elegans
(Fenzl) Freyn, 1892[1]
Synonyms
  • Bunium elegans var. involucratum Saya
  • Bunium elegans var. latilobum Saya
  • Bunium elegans var. pachypus Saya
  • Bunium falcarioides Boiss. & Buhse
  • Bunium paucifolium var. brevipes (Freyn & Sint.) Hedge & Lamond
  • Bunium simplex (K.Koch) Klyuikov
  • Carum elegans Fenzl[2]
  • Carum falcarioides Boiss. & Buhse
  • Carum noeanum Boiss.
  • Carum paucifolium DC.
  • Carum purpurascens Boiss.

References

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  1. ^ Oesterreichische Botanische Zeitschrift. Gemeinnütziges Organ für Botanik. volume 13, page 83, 1892
  2. ^ Fenzl Pug. Pl. Nov. Syr. 16 1842
  3. ^ Specimen at Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris
  4. ^ Chemical Composition of the Essential Oils of Bunium elegans and Bunium caroides. Chemistry of Natural Compounds, 41(4), July 2005, doi:10.1007/s10600-005-0165-0
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