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Internal ID UUID644013323189f638976983
Scientific name Conopodium majus
Authority (Gouan) Loret
First published in Fl. Montpellier , ed. 2: 214 (1886)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Myrrhis bunium Spreng. Sp. Umbell. : 131 (1818)
Myrrhis pyrenaica Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 6: 518 (1820)
Myrrhis tenerrima C.Presl Delic. Prag. : 131 (1822)
Myrrhis ammoides Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 6: 517 (1820)
Meum carvifolium Bertol. Fl. Ital. 3: 313 (1838)
Pimpinella flexuosa Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 145 (1812)
Selinum janotta E.H.L.Krause Deutschl. Fl. Abbild. , ed. 2, 12: 61 (1904)
Bulbocastanum majus Lag. Amen. Acad. Madr. : 99 (1821)
Bunium ammoides Link ex Spreng. Syst. Veg. 1: 903 (1824)
Bunium denudatum DC. Fl. Franç. , ed. 3, 4: 525 (1805)
Bunium flexuosum With. Bot. Arr. Brit. Pl. ed. 2 , 1: 276 (1787)
Bunium majus Gouan Ill. Observ. Bot. : 10 (1773)
Bunium minus Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 514 (1821 publ. 1822)
Bunium pilosum Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 6: 500 (1820)
Bunium pygmaeum Beauverd Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève , sér. 2, 21: 225 (1929)
Bunium ternatum Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 308 (1805)
Carum flexuosum (With.) Sweet Hort. Brit. , ed. 2: 246 (1830)
Carum italicum M.Hiroe Umbell. World : 870 (1979)
Carum majus Britten & Rendle List Brit. Seed-Pl. Ferns : 13 (1907)
Conopodium daucifolium Rouy & E.G.Camus Fl. France 7: 312 (1901)
Conopodium denudatum W.D.J.Koch Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 12(1): 118 (1824)
Conopodium semipubens Sennen Bull. Soc. Bot. France 73: 651 (1926 publ. 1927)
Conopodium silaifolium Rouy & E.G.Camus Fl. France 7: 312 (1901)

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Language Common/alternative name
English pignut
Arabic آاكثار
Arabic جوز أرقم
Welsh cneuen y ddaear
Danish svinenød
German französische erd kastanie
German französische erdkastanie
French conopode dénudé
French noisette de terre
Irish cúlarán
Norwegian Bokmål jordnøtt
Dutch franse aardkastanje
Norwegian Nynorsk jordnøtt
Swedish nötkörvel

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Conopodium majus subsp. marizianum (Samp.) López Udias & Mateo Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 57: 473 (1999 publ. 2000)
Conopodium majus subsp. majus Unknown

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Sow seeds at 20°C, expecting germination within 3 months without further temperature treatment.

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  • Europe
    • Middle Europe
      • Belgium
    • Northern Europe
      • Great Britain
      • Ireland
      • Norway
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Italy
      • Sicilia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Corse
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Spain

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000619241
Canadensys 31893
INPN 92242
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:840717-1
The Plant List kew-2735379
PFAF Conopodium majus
Open Tree Of Life 815273
Observations.org 2450
NCBI Taxonomy 173702
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000003681
IPNI 840717-1
iNaturalist 61424
GBIF 6026760
Freebase /m/077fzh
EPPO CNQDE
USDA GRIN 406699
Wikipedia Conopodium_majus

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Land‐use affects pollinator‐specific resource availability and pollinator foraging behaviour Birkenbach M, Straub F, Kiesel A, Ayasse M, Wilfert L, Kuppler J Ecol Evol 07-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10918743
doi:10.1002/ece3.11061
PMID:38455145
The most polyphagous insect herbivore? Host plant associations of the Meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius (L.) Thompson V, Harkin C, Stewart AJ PLoS One 04-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10602594
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0291734
PMID:37792900
Phytochemical Constituents, Folk Medicinal Uses, and Biological Activities of Genus Angelica: A Review Batiha GE, Shaheen HM, Elhawary EA, Mostafa NM, Eldahshan OA, Sabatier JM Molecules 28-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9822461
doi:10.3390/molecules28010267
PMID:36615460
Regeneration from seed in herbaceous understorey of ancient woodlands of temperate Europe Blandino C, Fernández-Pascual E, Newton RJ, Pritchard HW Ann Bot 10-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC9292608
doi:10.1093/aob/mcac003
PMID:35020780
Contribution to the Knowledge of Rocky Plant Communities of the Southwest Iberian Peninsula Canas RQ, Cano-Ortiz A, Spampinato G, del Río S, Raposo M, Fuentes JC, Gomes CP Plants (Basel) 02-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8401533
doi:10.3390/plants10081590
PMID:34451635
Seed dormancy, germination and storage behavior of Magnolia sinica, a plant species with extremely small populations of Magnoliaceae Lin L, Cai L, Fan L, Ma JC, Yang XY, Hu XJ Plant Divers 12-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8897163
doi:10.1016/j.pld.2021.06.009
PMID:35281125
Little Difference in Milk Fatty Acid and Terpene Composition Among Three Contrasting Dairy Breeds When Grazing a Biodiverse Mountain Pasture Koczura M, Martin B, Musci M, Massimo MD, Bouchon M, Turille G, Kreuzer M, Berard J, Coppa M Front Vet Sci 22-Jan-2021
PMCID:PMC7862328
doi:10.3389/fvets.2020.612504
PMID:33553282
Celtic Provenance in Traditional Herbal Medicine of Medieval Wales and Classical Antiquity Wagner C, De Gezelle J, Komarnytsky S Front Pharmacol 28-Feb-2020
PMCID:PMC7058801
doi:10.3389/fphar.2020.00105
PMID:32184721
Pollinator specialization increases with a decrease in a mass‐flowering plant in networks inferred from DNA metabarcoding Pornon A, Baksay S, Escaravage N, Burrus M, Andalo C Ecol Evol 30-Sep-2019
PMCID:PMC6953672
doi:10.1002/ece3.5531
PMID:31938472
The use of cattle Bos taurus for restoring and maintaining holarctic landscapes: Conclusions from a long‐term study (1946–2017) in northern England Hall SJ, Bunce RG Ecol Evol 29-Apr-2019
PMCID:PMC6540840
doi:10.1002/ece3.5169
PMID:31161004
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): antibiotic-resistance and the biofilm phenotype Craft KM, Nguyen JM, Berg LJ, Townsend SD Medchemcomm 14-Mar-2019
PMCID:PMC6748282
doi:10.1039/c9md00044e
PMID:31534648
A panoramic view of medicinal plants traditionally applied for impotence and erectile dysfunction in Persian medicine Nimrouzi M, Jaladat AM, Zarshenas MM J Tradit Complement Med 29-Sep-2018
PMCID:PMC6957810
doi:10.1016/j.jtcme.2017.08.008
PMID:31956553
Seed ecology of the geophyte Conopodium majus (Apiaceae), indicator species of ancient woodland understories and oligotrophic meadows Blandino C, Fernández‐Pascual E, Marin M, Vernet A, Pritchard HW Plant Biol (Stuttg) 08-Aug-2018
PMCID:PMC6492144
doi:10.1111/plb.12872
PMID:29972724
DNA metabarcoding data unveils invisible pollination networks Pornon A, Andalo C, Burrus M, Escaravage N Sci Rep 04-Dec-2017
PMCID:PMC5715002
doi:10.1038/s41598-017-16785-5
PMID:29203872
Impacts of 120 years of fertilizer addition on a temperate grassland ecosystem Kidd J, Manning P, Simkin J, Peacock S, Stockdale E PLoS One 28-Mar-2017
PMCID:PMC5369769
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0174632
PMID:28350853

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