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

Opopanax chironium (L.) W. D. J. Koch

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Opopanax*	W. D. J. Koch	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Laserpitium chironium*	L.	basionym
*Laserpitium chironium*	L.	homotypic synonym
*Opopanax bulgaricus*	Velen.	heterotypic synonym
*Opopanax chironium subsp. bulgaricus*	(Velen.) N. Andreev	heterotypic synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: opopànax 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: chironio; chironomo; costo bastardo; heracleo de Mompelher; herva; oponaceira; oponax; panace; panacea bastarda 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: caramo; flor del sol; mata de cañaleja; opopanaco; opopànax; opoponaco; opopónaco; pánace; panace heracleo; panacea; yerba; zanahoria altísima; zanahoria loca

Literature

nomenclatural reference	W. D. J. Koch in Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 12. 1824.

Genbank

Citation

Hand, R. (2011): Apiaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Opopanax chironium (L.) W. D. J. Koch. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at http://ww2.bgbm.org/euroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?UUID=84EEDDD0-6E66-4E01-BA39-C85A184DCE21