Herbaria

Family

Umbelliferae (Apiaceae)

subfamily

Apioideae

Genus

Visnaga Mill.

Species

Visnaga daucoides Gaertn.

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

(L.) Lam.

citation

Fl. Franç. 3: 462 (1778)

herbariaSynonyms

Daucus visnaga L.

Sium visnaga (L.) Stokes

Ammi visnaga (L.) Lam.

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (Nv)

CAIM (Nv)

TANE (Mm-Nv-On)

herbariaSubLocality

herbariaDetailedLocality

herbariaDate

herbariaCollector

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

CAIM

TANE

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

CAI (80)

TANE (14)

Habitat

Weed of cultivation and canal banks

FlFrperiod

April-August

LifeForm

Therophyte

LifeSpan

Annual

herbariaArabicName

Khela Balady خله بلدي

Sewak El Naby سواك النبي

EnglishName

toothpick-plant / Khella/ Bishop's weed.

herbariaUses

medicinal

tooth picks

GlobalDistribution

Mediterranean, Irq, Iran to SW Asia

Chorology

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

herbariaBibliography

herbariaFullCitation

Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' Flora of Egypt ed.2. Cairo University

Boulos, L. 2009. Flora of Egypt Checklist, Revised annotated edition, Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo, Egypt

El Hadidi, M.N.& Fayed, A. 1994/95. Materials for Excursion Flora of Egypt (EFE). Taeckholmia 15

Boulos, L. 2000. Flora of Egypt, vol.2. Al Hadara publishing, Cairo, Egypt

Hosni, H.A. 1984. Taxonomic revision of the family Umbelliferae in Egypt. Unpublished Ph.D Thesis, Cairo University