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Coriandrum Linn., Sp. Pl. 256. 1753. Gen. Pl.ed. 5. 318. 1754; Boiss., Fl. Or. 2: 920. 1872; C.B. Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 2: 717. 1879; Hiroe, Umb. Asia 1: 127. 1958; Tutin in Tutin et al, Fl. Eur. 2: 328. 1968.
Plants annual. Taproot slender. Leaves lobed to 1-3-pinnate. Peduncles terminal and lateral. Involucre of 1 to few minute bracts or lacking. Involucel of a few linear bractlets. Flowers white to light purple. Calyx teeth prominent. Fruit broadly ovoid to sub-orbicular, glabrous; mericarps not separating readily in ours; fruit ridges thin; vittae obscure. Inner seed face concave.
A genus of the Mediterranean region with 3 species.
Lower Taxon
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