Prionosciadium nelsonii is a plant species known from the Mexican states of Chiapas and Morelos.[2][3] It is a biennial herb with a large taproot. Leaves are compound with narrowly lanecolate leaflets, some of them with narrow, tapering lobes. The inflorescence is a compound umbel at the top of the stem.[4][5][6]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Genus: | Prionosciadium |
| Species: | P. nelsonii
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| Binomial name | |
| Prionosciadium nelsonii Coult. & Rose
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References edit
- ^ = Prionosciadium+nelsonii "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 20 January 2014.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ Coulter, John Merle, & Rose, Joseph Nelson. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences 1: 149–150. 1900.
- ^ Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246.
- ^ Wolff, Karl Friedrich August Hermann. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 9(222/226): 421. 1911.
- ^ Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2009. Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. 4(1): i–xvi, 1–855. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F.
- ^ Field Museum, Amostras de Herbário de Neotrópica
External links edit
- photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Morelos, syntype of Prionosciadium nelsonii, sheet 1 of 2 w stem + flowers
- photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Morelos, syntype of Prionosciadium nelsonii, sheet 2 of 2 w fruits + basal leaf
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