Peucedanum oreoselinum

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Internal ID UUID643ff77bd2870794607331
Scientific name Peucedanum oreoselinum
Authority Moench
First published in Methodus : 82 (1794)

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Industrial and craft applications:
The seeds yield a volatile oil rich in coumarin (reported up to 7.5% of the oil) and include compounds such as 2-methylbutyl- and 3-methylbutyl-2H-1-benzopyran-2-one and osthole. The coumarin content provides a characteristic sweet hay-like odor and opportunities for fragrance-related applications and as a flavor/fragrance feedstock (e.g., component in compounded scents), subject to standard regulatory limits for coumarin in the intended product category.

Fragrance and cosmetics:
Coumarin from this species and its related constituents (ostone, 2-methylbutyl- and 3-methylbutyl-2H-1-benzopyran-2-ones) may be used as odoriferous constituents in fragrance compositions; coumarin is commonly regulated in fragrances (IFRA) for usage limits, and discoloration or phototoxicity is not associated with coumarin itself. Information on dermal sensitization potential or any specific ISO/ASTM standards applicable to coumarin from this source is not documented.

Properties relevant to use:
The coumarin-rich essential oil exhibits a sweet, hay-like odor profile; reported coumarin content up to approximately 7.5% of the oil suggests utility as a natural coumarin source for flavor and fragrance blending.

Standards and regulation:
Any industrial or cosmetic use would need to comply with fragrance safety standards (IFRA) for coumarin and any relevant national or regional legislation on flavoring and fragrance materials.

Sustainability and sourcing:
The plant is a herbaceous perennial of European distribution; if harvested, stem/leaf and seed yields would be expected to be modest compared with cultivated coumarin sources, and controlled cultivation or sustainable wild-collection protocols are not documented in the provided references.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Oreoselinum nigrum Delarbre Fl. Auvergne , ed. 2: 428 (1800)
Oreoselinum majus Garsault Fig. Pl. Med. 3: t. 428. 1764, nom. inval., opus utique oppressum; Descr. Pl. Anim. 255. 1767; Thell. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. Ser. II. viii. 902.
Oreoselinum legitimum M.Bieb. Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 3: 210 (1819)
Oreoselis divaricata Raf. Good Book : 56 (1840)
Peucedanum bourgaei Lange Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 3: 42 (1874)
Peucedanum orbiculare Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées : 344 (1867)
Selinum oreoselinum Crantz Stirp. Austr. Fasc. 3: 33 (1767)
Angelica oreoselinum (L.) M.Hiroe Umbell. World : 1349 (1979)
Athamanta diffusa Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 570. 1829
Athamanta divaricata Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. ii. 17. 1782
Athamanta divaricifolia Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 78 (1812)
Athamanta oreoselinum L. Sp. Pl. : 224 (1753)
Cervaria oreoselinum Gaudin Fl. Helv. 2: 324 (1828)
Peucedanum oreoselinum subsp. bourgaei (Lange) M.Laínz Aport. Conoc. Fl. Gallega 7: 17. 1971
Peucedanum oreoselinum var. angulatum DC. Prodr. 4: 180 (1830)
Peucedanum oreoselinum var. pubescens Merino Fl. Galicia 3: 566 (1909)
Peucedanum oreoselinum var. bourgaei Lange Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 3: 42 (1874)
Athamanta diffusa Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 2: 17 (1782)

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Language Common/alternative name
English mountain parsley
Spanish perexil montesino
Spanish athamanta divaricata
Spanish selinum oreoselinum
Spanish oreoselinum nigrum
Spanish oreoselinum majus
Spanish oreoselinum legitimum
Spanish angelica oreoselinum
Spanish athamanta diffusa
Spanish athamanta divaricifolia
Spanish athamanta oreoselinum
Spanish peucedanum bourgaei
Spanish apio montano
Spanish peucedanum orbiculare
Spanish cervaria oreoselinum
Spanish apio pequeño silvestre de monte
Spanish tuxos
Spanish perjil de monte
Spanish oreoselino
Belarusian Дзікая пятрушка горная
Czech smldník olešníkový
Danish bakkesvovlrod
German berg-haarstrang
Estonian mägi-piimputk
Lithuanian Šilinis saliavas
Latvian kalnu rūgtdille
Polish gorysz pagórkowy
Polish gorysz pagórkowaty
Polish gorysz olszyniec
Slovak smldník olšovníkovitý
Swedish backsilja
Ukrainian Смовдь гірська

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Native
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States
      • Belarus
      • Central European Russia
      • Northwest European Russia
      • South European Russia
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Denmark
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Romania
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Spain

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000391827
Tropicos 1700183
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:846307-1
The Plant List kew-2403694
Open Tree Of Life 3889749
Observations.org 136712
NCBI Taxonomy 1522194
IPNI 846307-1
iNaturalist 481760
GBIF 6027417
EPPO PCDOR
EOL 5044722
Elurikkus 6166
USDA GRIN 27462

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Seseli tortuosum L. subsp. tortuosum Essential Oils and Their Principal Constituents as Anticancer Agents Vaglica A, Maggio A, Badalamenti N, Bruno M, Lauricella M, Occhipinti C, D’Anneo A Plants (Basel) 28-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10935401
doi:10.3390/plants13050678
PMID:38475524
Traditional Knowledge Evolution over Half of a Century: Local Herbal Resources and Their Changes in the Upper Susa Valley of Northwest Italy Sulaiman N, Zocchi DM, Borrello MT, Mattalia G, Antoniazzi L, Berlinghof SE, Bewick A, Häfliger I, Schembs M, Torri L, Pieroni A Plants (Basel) 22-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10780445
doi:10.3390/plants13010043
PMID:38202351
Nesting biology and phylogenetic relationships of the parasitoid-hunting wasp Lindenius pygmaeus armatus (Vander Linden, 1829) (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) Olszewski P, Budrys E, Orlovskytė S, Wiśniowski B, Ljubomirov T Sci Rep 14-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10267213
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-36019-1
PMID:37316508
Long-Term Vegetation Changes and Socioeconomic Effects of River Engineering in Industrialized Areas (Southern Poland) Rahmonov O, Dragan W, Cabała J, Krzysztofik R Int J Environ Res Public Health 27-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9915360
doi:10.3390/ijerph20032255
PMID:36767623
Southern Carpathian ultramafic grasslands within the central-southeast European context: syntaxonomic classification and overall eco-coenotic patterns Coldea G, Gafta D, Negrean G, Stoica AI, Hurdu BI Bot Stud 12-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9556682
doi:10.1186/s40529-022-00355-8
PMID:36222902
Restoration of species‐rich grasslands by transfer of local plant material and its impact on species diversity and genetic variation—Findings of a practical restoration project in southeastern Germany Kaulfuß F, Reisch C Ecol Evol 22-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8462159
doi:10.1002/ece3.8029
PMID:34594541
Taxonomic description and phylogenetic placement of two new species of Spalangiopelta (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae: Ceinae) from Eocene Baltic amber Moser M, Burks RA, Ulmer JM, Heraty JM, van de Kamp T, Krogmann L PeerJ 25-May-2021
PMCID:PMC8162234
doi:10.7717/peerj.10939
PMID:34113480
Historical ethnobotanical review of medicinal plants used to treat children diseases in Romania (1860s–1970s) Petran M, Dragos D, Gilca M J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 24-Mar-2020
PMCID:PMC7092505
doi:10.1186/s13002-020-00364-6
PMID:32204715
Abiotic, present-day and historical effects on species, functional and phylogenetic diversity in dry grasslands of different age Belinchón R, Hemrová L, Münzbergová Z PLoS One 15-Oct-2019
PMCID:PMC6793948
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0223826
PMID:31613919
The Genera of Fungi – G5: Arthrinium, Ceratosphaeria, Dimerosporiopsis, Hormodochis, Lecanostictopsis, Lembosina, Neomelanconium, Phragmotrichum, Pseudomelanconium, Rutola, and Trullula Crous PW, Schumacher RK, Wood AR, Groenewald JZ Fungal Syst Evol 22-Aug-2019
PMCID:PMC7250017
doi:10.3114/fuse.2020.05.04
PMID:32467915
Data on flower resources for pollinators in Romanian semi-natural grasslands mown at different times Wehn S, Westin A, Johansen L, Iuga A, Ivascu CM, Kallioniemi E, Lennartsson T Data Brief 27-May-2019
PMCID:PMC6562176
doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.104065
PMID:31211209
Effect of Plant Density, Boron Nutrition and Growth Regulation on Seed Mass, Emergence and Offspring Growth Plasticity in Cotton Zohaib A, Tabassum T, Jabbar A, Anjum SA, Abbas T, Mehmood A, Irshad S, Kashif M, Nawaz M, Farooq N, Nasir IR, Rasool T, Nadeem M, Ahmad R Sci Rep 21-May-2018
PMCID:PMC5962529
doi:10.1038/s41598-018-26308-5
PMID:29785043
Effect of seed position and soil nutrients on seed mass, germination and seedling growth in Peucedanum oreoselinum (Apiaceae) Kołodziejek J Sci Rep 16-May-2017
PMCID:PMC5434048
doi:10.1038/s41598-017-02035-1
PMID:28512357
Variation in dry grassland communities along a heavy metals gradient Woch MW, Kapusta P, Stefanowicz AM Ecotoxicology 22-Oct-2015
PMCID:PMC4722054
doi:10.1007/s10646-015-1569-7
PMID:26493699
Ethnoveterinary practices of Covasna County, Transylvania, Romania Bartha SG, Quave CL, Balogh L, Papp N J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 06-May-2015
PMCID:PMC4449595
doi:10.1186/s13002-015-0020-8
PMID:25943542

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Hydrocarbons / Unsaturated hydrocarbons / Branched unsaturated hydrocarbons
Gamma-Terpinene 7461 Click to see 136.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02236290
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Fatty Acyls / Fatty alcohols / Long-chain fatty alcohols
1,9-Heptadecadiene-4,6-diyne-3,8-diol 6436239 Click to see 260.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(79)80133-8
Falcalindiol 3321 Click to see 260.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(79)80133-8
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Bicyclic monoterpenoids
(+-)-alpha-Pinene 6654 Click to see 136.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02236290
Beta-Pinene 14896 Click to see 136.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02236290
Sabinene 18818 Click to see 136.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02236290
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Menthane monoterpenoids
alpha-PHELLANDRENE 7460 Click to see CC1=CCC(C=C1)C(C)C 136.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02236290
Limonene, (+/-)- 22311 Click to see CC1=CCC(CC1)C(=C)C 136.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02236290
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids
(2R,3S)-2-[(2E)-3,7-dimethylocta-2,6-dienyl]-3,7-dimethyloct-6-ene-1,3-diol 14240884 Click to see 308.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(79)80133-8
2-(3,7-Dimethylocta-2,6-dienyl)-3,7-dimethyloct-6-ene-1,3-diol 550543 Click to see 308.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(79)80133-8
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Coumarins and derivatives / Furanocoumarins / Angular furanocoumarins
(8S,9R)-8,9-Dihydro-8-(1-methyl-1-(3-methyl-1-oxobutoxy)ethyl)-2-oxo-2H-furo(2,3-h)-1-benzopyran-9-yl 3-methylbutanoate 442051 Click to see 430.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02066241
[(2S)-2-hydroxy-2-[(8S,9R)-9-(3-methylbutanoyloxy)-2-oxo-8,9-dihydrofuro[2,3-h]chromen-8-yl]propyl] (Z)-2-methylbut-2-enoate 163188433 Click to see CC=C(C)C(=O)OCC(C)(C1C(C2=C(O1)C=CC3=C2OC(=O)C=C3)OC(=O)CC(C)C)O 444.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(88)80801-X
[(8S,9S)-8-[2-(3-methylbutanoyloxy)propan-2-yl]-2-oxo-8,9-dihydrofuro[2,3-h]chromen-9-yl] 3-methylbutanoate 26251846 Click to see CC(C)CC(=O)OC1C(OC2=C1C3=C(C=C2)C=CC(=O)O3)C(C)(C)OC(=O)CC(C)C 430.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.3891/ACTA.CHEM.SCAND.24-2893
[2-Hydroxy-2-[9-(3-methylbutanoyloxy)-2-oxo-8,9-dihydrofuro[2,3-h]chromen-8-yl]propyl] 2-methylbut-2-enoate 162846605 Click to see 444.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(88)80801-X
Athamantin 5088569 Click to see CC(C)CC(=O)OC1C(OC2=C1C3=C(C=C2)C=CC(=O)O3)C(C)(C)OC(=O)CC(C)C 430.50 unknown https://doi.org/10.3891/ACTA.CHEM.SCAND.24-2893
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02066241

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