Zizia is a genus of flowering plants in the parsley family, Apiaceae. It was named after Johann Baptist Ziz (1779–1829), a German botanist from the Rhineland.[2] It is native to North America.[2]

Zizia
Zizia aurea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Subfamily: Apioideae
Tribe: Selineae
Genus: Zizia
W.D.J.Koch[1]
State-level distribution of Zizia in the United States

Like most other plants in the family, these produce umbels of flowers.[3]

Species include:[4]

References

edit
  1. ^ Zizia W.D.J.Koch. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
  2. ^ a b Ovalleaf Golden Alexanders (Zizea aptera). Archived September 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Native Wildflowers of the North Dakota Grasslands. Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. USGS.
  3. ^ Genus of the Month: Zizia. Archived 2011-06-09 at the Wayback Machine Kesseli Lab, University of Massachusetts, Boston.
  4. ^ Zizia. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
edit