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 | |
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Zizia aurea | |
Scientific 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]
- Zizia aptera – heartleaf alexanders, meadowparsnip, meadow zizia
- Zizia aurea – golden alexanders, golden zizia
- Zizia trifoliata – meadow alexanders
References
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- ^ Zizia W.D.J.Koch. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
- ^ 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.
- ^ Genus of the Month: Zizia. Archived 2011-06-09 at the Wayback Machine Kesseli Lab, University of Massachusetts, Boston.
- ^ Zizia. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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