Anethum
{{Short description|Herb genus}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Illustration Anethum graveolens clean.jpg
| image_caption = 19th-century botanical illustration of Anethum graveolens{{cite book |last= Thomé |first=Otto Wilhelm |author-link=Otto Wilhelm Thomé |date=1888 |title=Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4320887 |language=German |volume= 3 |location=Gera, Germany |page=142 |via=BioDiversity Heritage Library}}
|display_parents = 2
|taxon = Anethum
|authority = L.
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision =
- Anethum foeniculum L.
- Anethum graveolens L.
- Anethum involucratum Korovin
- Anethum patulum L. ex B.D.Jacks.
- Anethum theurkauffii Maire
}}
Anethum is a flowering plant genus in the family Apiaceae, native to the Middle East and the Sahara in northern Africa.{{cite web |title=Anethum L. |date=2023 |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:39656-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=11 February 2023}}
Taxonomy
The genus name comes from the Latin form of Greek words {{lang|el|ἄνῑσον}} anison, {{lang|el|ἄνησον}} anīson, {{lang|el|ἄνηθον}} anīthon and {{lang|el|ἄνητον}} anīton, which all meant "dill" and "anise";{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0059:entry=anethum |title=ănēthum |last1= Lewis |first1= Charlton T. |last2= Short |first2= Charles |dictionary= A Latin Dictionary |publisher= Perseus Digital Library |date = 1879 }} anise is now placed in a different genus named Pimpinella.
Species
There are 5 recognized species in this genus, they are:{{cite web |title=Anethum L. |url=http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-4000002069;jsessionid=4370BDA8FB8E1A2A7B01D0A5BC6741E6#children |date=2023 |website=World Flora Online |publisher=World Flora Consortium |access-date=11 February 2023 }}
- Anethum foeniculum L. – fennel
- Anethum graveolens L. – dill
- Anethum involucratum Korovin
- Anethum patulum L. ex B.D.Jacks.
- Anethum theurkauffii Maire
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