Apium

Taxobox
name = "Apium"

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Apium graveolens"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Apiales
familia = Apiaceae
genus = "Apium"
genus_authority = L.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = About 20 species, including: "Apium annum" "Apium australe" "Apium bermejoi" "Apium filiforme" "Apium graveolens" "Apium inundatum" "Apium insulare" "Apium leptophyllum" "Apium nodiflorum" "Apium prostratum" "Apium repens"

"Apium" (Celery and Marshwort) is a genus of about 20 species of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, with a subcosmopolitan distribution in Europe, Asia, Africa, South America and Australia. They are medium to tall biennial or perennial plants growing wet ground (marshes and saltmarshes). They grow up to 1 m high and have pinnate to bipinnate leaves and small white flowers in compound umbels.

The genus is the type genus of the family Apiaceae and the order Apiales.

Some species are edible, notably "Apium graveolens" (Celery), which is a commercially important vegetable.

"Apium" species, including garden celery, are eaten by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Angle Shades, Common Swift, "Hypercompe icasia", The Nutmeg, Setaceous Hebrew Character and Turnip Moth.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?329,352 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=APIUM USDA Plants Profile]