Prionosciadium saraviki: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Apiales
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Prionosciadium
- Species
- Prionosciadium saraviki
- Scientific Name
- Prionosciadium saraviki
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Prionosciadium saraviki
Prionosciadium saraviki, common name saraviki, is a plant species in the genus Prionosciadium, in the carrot family, Apiaceae. It is known only from a mountainous region of the Sierra Madre Occidental in the Mexican State of Chihuahua. Type locale is the village of Nabogame, approximately 18 km northwest of Yepachic, Chihuahua, 10 km east of the border with Sonora. The plant grows there mostly along creekbanks and near springs.
Prionosciadium saraviki is a biennial producing a flowering stalk up to 2 m (7 feet) tall. It bears a compound umbel with hundreds of small yellow flowers. The taproot is up to 3 cm in diameter, white with a papery, copper-colored skin.
A few sources (e.g. The Plant List) have misspelled the epithet as "saravikii." This is an error because the epithet is the native name for the species, not honoring a person.
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Sibling Taxa
- Prionosciadium acuminatum
- Prionosciadium bellii
- Prionosciadium cuneatum
- Prionosciadium dissectum
- Prionosciadium diversifolium
- Prionosciadium filifolium
- Prionosciadium humile
- Prionosciadium lilacinum
- Prionosciadium linearifolium
- Prionosciadium macrophyllum
- Prionosciadium madrense
- Prionosciadium megacarpum
- Prionosciadium nelsonii
- Prionosciadium saraviki
- Prionosciadium serratum
- Prionosciadium simplex
- Prionosciadium tamayoi
- Prionosciadium thapsoides
- Prionosciadium townsendii
- Prionosciadium turneri
- Prionosciadium watsonii