Heracleum: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Apiales
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Heracleum
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Heracleum
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Heracleum (plant)
Heracleum is a genus of biennial and perennial herbs in the carrot family Apiaceae. They are found throughout the temperate northern hemisphere and in high mountains as far south as Ethiopia. Common names for the genus or its species include hogweed and cow parsnip.
The genus name Heracleum was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. It derives from the Ancient Greek Ἡράκλειος (Hērákleios) "of Heracles", referring to the mythological hero.
...Heracleum in languages:
- Belarusian
- Баршчэўнік
- Bokmål
- bjørnekjeks
- Bokmål
- bjørnekjeksslekta
- Chinese
- 牛防風屬
- Chinese
- 獨活屬
- Chinese
- 牛防风属
- Croatian
- Šapika
- Czech
- bolševník
- Danish
- Bjørnekloslægten
- Dutch
- Berenklauw
- English
- hogweeds
- English
- hogweeds and cow-parsnips
- Finnish
- ukonputket
- German
- Bärenklau
- Hungarian
- medvetalp
- Japanese
- ハナウド属
- Korean
- 어수리속
- Lithuanian
- Barštis
- Polish
- Barszcz
- Russian
- Борщевик
- Swedish
- lokasläktet
- Swedish
- lokor
- Ukrainian
- Борщівник
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Afroligusticum
- Afrosciadium
- Capnophyllum
- Cymbocarpum
- Cynorhiza
- Dasispermum
- Ducrosia
- Haplosciadium
- Heracleum
- Kandaharia
- Lalldhwojia
- Lefebvrea
- Leiotulus
- Mandenovia
- Nanobubon
- Notobubon
- Ormosciadium
- Pastinaca
- Pastinacopsis
- Pinda
- Scaraboides
- Semenovia
- Stenosemis
- Symphyoloma
- Tetrataenium
- Tordyliopsis
- Tordylium
- Tricholaser
- Trigonosciadium
- Vanasushava
- Zosima
Child Taxa
- Heracleum abyssinicum
- Heracleum antasiaticum
- Heracleum apiifolium
- Heracleum asperum
- Heracleum austriacum
- Heracleum bhutanicum
- Heracleum candicans
- Heracleum carpaticum
- Heracleum chorodanum
- Heracleum dalgadianum
- Heracleum dissectum
- Heracleum egrissicum
- Heracleum elgonense
- Heracleum freynianum
- Heracleum granatense
- Heracleum grande
- Heracleum grandiflorum
- Heracleum humile
- Heracleum lehmannianum
- Heracleum leskovii
- Heracleum ligusticifolium
- Heracleum mantegazzianum
- Heracleum maximum
- Heracleum moellendorffii
- Heracleum nepalense
- Heracleum olgae
- Heracleum orphanidis
- Heracleum ossethicum
- Heracleum persicum
- Heracleum platytaenium
- Heracleum ponticum
- Heracleum pubescens
- Heracleum pumilum
- Heracleum rawianum
- Heracleum roseum
- Heracleum scabrum
- Heracleum sommieri
- Heracleum sosnowskyi
- Heracleum sphondylium
- Heracleum stevenii
- Heracleum taylorii
- Heracleum wallichii
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