Apieae

Jiménez-Mejías, Pedro & Vargas, Pablo, 2015, Taxonomy of the tribe Apieae (Apiaceae) revisited as revealed by molecular phylogenies and morphological characters, Phytotaxa 212 (1), pp. 57-79 : 76

Key to the genera of tribe Apieae ( Apiaceae )

1. Shrubs or subshrubs ......................................................................................................................................................................… 2

- Herbs ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 4

2. Mericarps conspicuously hairy ............................................................................................................................................. Deverra

- Mericarps glabrous .......................................................................................................................................................................… 3

3. Bracts and bracteoles present; commisural vittae 5–6 ....................................................................................................... Billburttia

- Bracts and bracteoles absent; commissural vittae 2 .................................................................................................. Schoenoselinum

4. Primary ribs forming sepal-like appendages at the top of the mericarp ................................................................ … Sclerosciadium

- Mericarps without sepal-like appendages ......................................................................................................................................... 5

5. Mericarps conspicuously hairy or tuberculate ..............................................................................................................................… 6

- Mericarps glabrous, except sometimes very low papillae confined to valleculae ............................................................................ 7

6. Bracteoles absent ................................................................................................................................................................... Stoibrax

- Bracteoles present........................................................................................................................................................ Modesciadium

7. Mericarps didym; dorsal ribs completely inconspicuous, not visible; leaf segments ovate to suborbicular, entire, rarely 2-lobed .... .............................................................................................................................................................................................. Naufraga

- Mericarps not didym; dorsal ribs conspicuous or at least visible as lines on mericarp surface; leaf segments linear to broad, several times divided to dentate, rarely distal ones entire, but then segments narrow elliptic...................................................................... 8

8. Leaf segments linear or filiform; bracts and bracteoles absent ....................................................................................................… 9

- Leaf segments broader, flat; bracts and bracteoles absent or present .........................................................................................… 12

9. Commisural ribs broadly winged .................................................................................................................................... … Anethum

- Commisural ribs not broadly winged ...........................................................................................................................................…10

10. Plants perennial ................................................................................................................................................................ Foeniculum

- Plants annual …............................................................................................................................................................................... 11

11. Mericarps ovoid …...................................................................................................................................................... Pseudoridolfia

- Mericaps elliptic to oblong .................................................................................................................................................... Ridolfia

12. Distal leaf segments elliptical, ovate, or oblanceolate, with margins entire to serrate or dentate ........................................ … Ammi

- Distal leaf segments lobate, pinnatifid or pinnatisect ..................................................................................................................... 13

13. Bracts present ................................................................................................................................................................. Petroselinum

- Bracts absent ................................................................................................................................................................................... 14

14. Bracteoles absent; flowers whitish .......................................................................................................................................... Apium

- Bracteoles deciduous; flowers yellowish ............................................................................................................................. Canaria