Ammi (plant)

Ammi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Apiaceae
Subfamily:	Apioideae
Tribe:
Genus:	Ammi; L.
Species
	including: Ammi majus; Ammi visnaga;

Ammi is a genus of about six species of summer-flowering plants in the family Apiaceae. They are native to southern Europe, northern Africa and Southwest Asia. They have fern-like leaves and white or cream coloured lace-like flowers borne in branched, rounded umbels.^[1]

Ammi spp. (Bishops weed) is prohibited by the Australian New Zealand Food Standards code under standard 1.4.4 due to active constituents:^{[citation needed]}

coumarin derivatives
.03% volatile oil (camphor and carvone)
Fixed oil and protein
flavonol glycosides (quercetin and kaempferol)

Ammi majus, A. visnaga and their cultivars are frequently seen in gardens where they are grown as annuals or biennials.^[1]

Accepted species[]

Guss.
H.C.Watson
Ammi majus L.
- Ammi majus subsp. procerus (Lowe) Menezes
Beauverd
Ammi trifoliatum (H.C. Watson) Trel.
Ammi visnaga (L.) Lam.^[2]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Brickell, Christopher, ed. (2008). The Royal Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 9781405332965.
^ "Results". The Plant List. Retrieved 12 January 2018.

External links[]

Jepson Manual Treatment

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[AZEGP-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Brickell, Christopher, ed. (2008). The Royal Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 9781405332965.

[2] "Results". The Plant List. Retrieved 12 January 2018.

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