Taxon:  Ammi visnaga (L.) Lam.



Summary
Genus:
Ammi
Family:
Apiaceae (alt. Umbelliferae)
Subfamily:
Apioideae
Tribe:
Apieae
Nomen number:
2900
Place of publication:
Fl. franç. 3:462.  1779 ("1778")
Verified:
05/20/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Daucus visnaga L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Visnaga daucoides Gaertn.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
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Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English bisnaga 1 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
English khella 1 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
English lesser bishop's-weed 1 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English toothpick ammi 1 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English toothpickplant 1 Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
Arabic sewak en-nabi 2 Boulos, L. 1999-. Flora of Egypt
French herbe aux cure dents 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German Bischofskraut 2 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
German Zahnstocher-Ammei 2 Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
German Zahnstocherkraut 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian visnaga commune 2 Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Portuguese (Brazil) bisnagueira 2 Groth, D. 2005. In: , pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil) visnagueira 2 Groth, D. 2005. In: , pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanish escuradentis 2 Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish visnaga 2 Soukup, J. 1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana.
Swedish tandpetarsilja 2 Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance s. & Corsica
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain incl. Baleares
2CultivatedAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
2CultivatedAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
2CultivatedAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian Federation-CiscaucasiaCiscaucasia 
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
2CultivatedEuropeEastern EuropeMoldova  
2CultivatedEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine  
2CultivatedNorthern America Mexico  
2CultivatedNorthern America United States  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChile  
4Naturalized    natzd. elsewhere
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  • CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Greece, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily)
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (incl. Baleares), France (s. & Corsica), Portugal
Cultivated
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Iran
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Pakistan
Europe
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Moldova, Ukraine
Northern America
  • REGION: Mexico, United States
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Cuba
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile
Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Medicinessource of khellin Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicinessource of khellin McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Medicinessource of khellin Farnsworth, N. R. & D. D. Soejarto. 1988. Global importance of medicinal plants (unpublished draft manuscript rev. 23)
Vertebrate poisonsbirds Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grin-global.warwick.ac.uk/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=2900. Accessed 21 November 2024.