Heracleum is a genus of biennial and perennial herbs in the carrot family Apiaceae. They are found throughout the temperate northern hemisphere and in high mountains as far south as Ethiopia. Common names for the genus or its species include hogweed and cow parsnip.
Bupleurum is a large genus of annual or perennial herbs or woody shrubs, with about 190 species, belonging to the family Apiaceae. The full size of its species may vary between a few cm to up to 3 m high. Their compound umbels of small flowers are adorned with bracteoles that are sometimes large and may play a role in attracting pollinators. Rare among the Apiaceae are the simple leaves, bracts, and bracteoles. The genus is almost exclusively native in the Old World Northern Hemisphere, with one species native to North America and one species native to southern Africa.
Ligusticum is a genus of about 60 species of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, native to cool temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Its name is believed to derive from the Italian region of Liguria.
Aulacospermum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, with 15 accepted species. It is endemic to Central Asia and Eastern Europe.
Sanicula is a genus of plants in family Apiaceae, the same family to which the carrot and parsnip belong. This genus has about 45 species worldwide, with at least 22 in North America. The common names usually include the terms sanicle or black snakeroot.
Sinocarum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.
Pimpinella is a plant genus in the family Apiaceae; it includes the aromatic herb anise (P. anisum).
Seseli is a genus of herbaceous perennial plants in the family Apiaceae. They are sometimes woody at base with a conic taproot. Leaf blades are 1–3-pinnate or pinnately decompound. Umbels are compound, with bracts few or absent. Petals are white or yellow, and the fruit ovoid or ellipsoid.
Johrenia is a genus of herbaceous plants of the family Apiaceae.
Prangos is a genus of flowering plants of the family Apiaceae, native from Europe to Mongolia and the western Himalayas.
Physospermopsis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.
Elwendia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.
Elaeosticta is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.
Hymenidium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.
Ligusticopsis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.
Ostericum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.
Sinocarum is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.
Hansenia is a genus of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to from Siberia to China. The genus was first described by Nikolai Turczaninow in 1844.
Conioselinum anthriscoides, more commonly known as Ligusticum sinense, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Conioselinum. It is native to Southern China and is used in traditional Chinese medicine as two separate herbs, both derived from the rhizome and roots of the plant: gaoben (藁本) and chuanxiong (川芎). These two differ by the exact cultivar used; specifically, chuanxiong is derived from the 'Chuanxiong' cultivar only.
