seseli

{{Short description|Genus of plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Seseli gummiferum flowers1.jpg

| image_caption = Seseli gummiferum

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| taxon = Seseli

| authority = L.

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text.

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{{Genus list

|Bakeros|Raf.

|Balinotella|Soják

|Cremastosciadium|Rech.f.

|Dela|Adans.

|Elaeopleurum|Korovin

|Eriocycla|Lindl.

|Galbanophora|Neck.

|Gasparinia|Bertol.

|Hippaton|Raf.

|Hippomarathrum|G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb.

|Leiotelis|Raf.

|Libanotis|Haller ex Zinn

|Lomatopodium|Fisch. & C.A.Mey.

|Marathrum|Link

|Oreotelia|Raf.

|Petrosciadium|Edgew.

|Pseudammi|H.Wolff

|Scaphespermum|Edgew.

|Seselinia|Beck

|Sphenocarpus|Korovin

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| synonyms_ref = {{cite web |title=Seseli L.. |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:40522-1 |access-date=2022-12-24 }}

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Seseli is a genus of herbaceous perennial plants in the family Apiaceae. They are sometimes woody at base with a conic taproot. Leaf blades are 1–3-pinnate or pinnately decompound. Umbels are compound, with bracts few or absent. Petals are white or yellow, and the fruit ovoid or ellipsoid.

There are about 140 species in the genus.Güner, E. D., et al. (2011). [http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/botany/issues/bot-11-35-2/bot-35-2-5-0906-70.pdf Pollen morphology of the genus Seseli L.(Umbelliferae) in Turkey.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224150448/http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/botany/issues/bot-11-35-2/bot-35-2-5-0906-70.pdf |date=2021-12-24 }} Turkish Journal Botany 35 175-82.

Species

{{As of|2022|December}}, Plants of the World Online accepted the following 145 species:

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References

{{Commons category|Seseli}}

{{Wikispecies|Seseli}}

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Category:Apioideae

Category:Apioideae genera