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Carum
Carum is a genus of about 20 species of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, native to temperate regions of the Old World. The most important species is caraway (C. carvi), the seeds of which are widely used as a culinary spice. In the Mongolian Flora (adjunctive by Urgamal M., 2012) is two species (C. carve L., C. buriaticum Turcz.) belong to the genus Carum L.
14 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Caraway
speciesCarum carvi
Carum buriaticum
speciesCarum buriaticum
Carum caucasicum
speciesCarum caucasicum
Carum meifolium
speciesCarum meifolium
Carum appuanum
speciesCarum appuanum
Carum carvifolium
speciesCarum carvifolium
Carum graecum
speciesCarum graecum
Carum jahandiezii
speciesCarum jahandiezii
Carum lacuum
speciesCarum lacuum
Carum proliferum
speciesCarum proliferum
Carum iminouakense
speciesCarum iminouakense
Carum diversifolium
speciesCarum diversifolium
Carum heldreichii
speciesCarum heldreichii
Carum asinorum
speciesCarum asinorum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.462
Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.74
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.430
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.428
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.527
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.558
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.544
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.927
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.365
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Carum in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 123725.