Anthriscus
Genus of flowering plants
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Anthriscus species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the mouse moth (recorded on cow parsley).
The hollow stem is erect and branched, ending in compound umbels of small white or greenish flowers. The leaves are bipinnate or tripinnate.
Species
14 species are accepted.
- Anthriscus caucalis M.Bieb. - bur chervil (native to Europe, northwest Africa, Turkey, Syria-Lebanon, and the Caucasus, introduced elsewhere)
- Anthriscus cerefolium (L.) Hoffm. - garden chervil, French parsley (native to central and eastern Europe and western Asia, introduced elsewhere)
- Anthriscus fumarioides (Waldst. & Kit.) Spreng. (Albania, Greece, Italy, Yugoslavia)
- Anthriscus glacialis Lipsky (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan)
- Anthriscus kotschyi Fenzl ex Boiss. (Transcaucasus, Turkey)
- Anthriscus lamprocarpus Boiss. (Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Turkey)
- Anthriscus nemorosus (M. Bieb.) Spreng (Africa and Eurasia)
- Anthriscus nitidus (Wahlenb.) Garcke (Europe)
- Anthriscus ruprechtii Boiss. (Transcaucasus, Turkey)
- Anthriscus schmalhausenii (Albov) Koso-Pol. (Transcaucasus)
- Anthriscus sylvestris (L.) Hoffm. - wild chervil (native temperate Eurasia, northwest Africa, and the tropical African mountains, introduced elsewhere)
- Anthriscus taiwanensis S.S.Ying (Taiwan)
- Anthriscus tenerrimus Boiss. & Spruner (Greece, Turkey)
- Anthriscus velutinus Sommier & Levier (Transcaucasus)
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