Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Asteranae > Order Apiales > Family Apiaceae > Genus Daucus > Species Daucus carota

Daucus carota subsp. maximus (Desf.) Ball

Rank: Subspecies
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Daucus*	L.	accepted genus name
*Durieua*	Boiss. & Reut.	heterotypic synonym

Subspecies group names

*Daucus maximus*	Desf.	basionym
*Daucus maximus*	Desf.	homotypic synonym
*Daucus carota subsp. mauritanicus*	(L.) Quézel & Santa	heterotypic synonym; nom. inval.
*Daucus carota var. mauritanicus*	(L.) Spreng.	heterotypic synonym
*Daucus mauritanicus*	L.	heterotypic synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: pastanaga d'asa; pastenaga; safanòria; xirivia borda sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Majorcan: pastanaga d´ase sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Portuguese: chapéu-de-sol; erva-salsa; salsa silvestre sources: Anthos (2010). Information System of the plants of Spain. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC - Fundación Biodiversidad. (for names from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands).

Spanish, Castillian: carrota; sabuco; sombrillones; visnaga

Literature

nomenclatural reference	Ball in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16. 1878.

Genbank

Citation

Hand, R. (2011): Apiaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Daucus carota subsp. maximus (Desf.) Ball. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=814D30D1-6496-4FF0-A44B-87AA131C00E2