Heracleum platytaenium

Heracleum platytaenium is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. It was first described by Swiss botanist Pierre Edmond Boissier.[1] It is mostly found in the central and coastal regions of Anatolia in Turkey.[2]

Heracleum platytaenium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Heracleum
Species:
H. platytaenium
Binomial name
Heracleum platytaenium
Boiss
Synonyms
  • Heracleum eminens Lange
  • Hercleum spathyphyllum C. Koch ex Boiss

Heracleum platytaenium grows in mixed forests, rocky slopes, stream banks and coasts up to 1500 meters above sea level. It blooms between May and July.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "Heracleum platytaenium Boiss". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Chemical Composition of the Essential Oil of Heracleum platytaenium BOISS. (Apiaceae) Growing Wild in Turkey". Karealmas Science and Engineering Journal. 8 (1): 59–62. 13 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Heracleum platytaenium". TÜBİVES. Retrieved 25 October 2023.