Lindley, J. (July 1836), A Natural System of Botany Edn. 2: 21 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Apium L.

Bentham, G. (5 January 1867), Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. Flora Australiensis 3: 334 [secondary reference]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 246 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Umbelliferae Juss. nom. cons.

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 280-290 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 846-849, Fig. 5.64 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Umbelliferae Juss. nom. cons.

Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 539-545 [secondary reference]

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Apiaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 238-239 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Apiaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 501-502 [secondary reference]

Powell, J.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1992), Apiaceae p.p. Flora of New South Wales 3: 87-88 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Apiaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 681-682 [secondary reference]

Takhtajan, A.L. (1997), Diversity and Classification of Flowering Plants: 391, 392 [secondary reference]

Duretto, M.F. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Apiaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 256-258 [secondary reference]

Short, P.S. in Cowie, I.D., Short, P.S. & Osterkamp Madsen, M. (2000), Apiaceae. Floodplain Flora. A flora of the coastal floodplains of the Northern Territory, Australia: 120 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Dicotyledons. Flora of the South West 2: 476 [secondary reference]

The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2003), An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG II. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 141(4): 421 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Umbelliferae Juss. nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Saniculaceae Bercht. & J.Presl legitimate

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 30 [secondary reference]

Thorne, R.F. & Reveal, J.L. (2007), An Updated Classification of the Class Magnoliopsida ("Angiospermae"). Botanical Review 73(2): 125 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Umbelliferae Juss. nom. cons. taxonomic synonym: Sileraceae Bercht. & J.Presl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Selinaceae Bercht. & J.Presl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Scandicaceae Bercht. & J.Presl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Saniculaceae Bercht. & J.Presl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pimpinellaceae Bercht. & J.Presl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Pastinacaceae Martinov legitimate taxonomic synonym: Lagoeciaceae Bercht. & J.Presl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Imperatoriaceae Martinov legitimate taxonomic synonym: Eryngiaceae Bercht. & J.Presl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Daucaceae Martinov legitimate taxonomic synonym: Caucalidaceae Bercht. & J.Presl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Bupleuraceae Bercht. & J.Presl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Angelicaceae Martinov legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ammiaceae Bercht. & J.Presl legitimate taxonomic synonym: Smyrniaceae Burnett legitimate taxonomic synonym: Coriandraceae Burnett legitimate taxonomic synonym: Ferulaceae Sacc. legitimate taxonomic synonym: Mackinlayaceae Doweld legitimate taxonomic synonym: Actinotaceae Konstant. & Melikyan legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Umbelliferae Juss. nom. cons.

• APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), NT (native and naturalised), SA (native and naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised), LHI (native and naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (native and naturalised), Vic (native and naturalised), Tas (native and naturalised), HI, MDI, MI

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 938 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Umbelliferae Juss. nom. cons.

The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009), An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161(2): 118 [secondary reference]

Barrett, Russell & Tay, Eng Pin (2016), Perth Plants: a Field Guide to the Bushland and Coastal Flora of Kings Park and Bold Park Edn. 2: 20 (photo) [secondary reference]

common name: Carrot [n/a]

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