Overview
Comprehensive Description
Description
Erect or procumbent annual herbs with a taproot. Leaves compound, variable, pinnate to 3-pinnate. Umbels compound. Bracts generally 0; bracteoles present, linear. Petals white or pinkish. Fruit covered with glochidiate spines.
Somewhat similar to species of Agrocharis, but these differ in possessing bracts.
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Flora of Zimbabwe
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Distribution
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Forzza, R. C. & et al. 2010. 2010 Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil. http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/100002289
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Hickman, J. C. 1993. Jepson Man.: Higher Pl. Calif. i–xvii, 1–1400. University of California Press, Berkeley.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/40453
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Missouri Botanical Garden
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Ecology
Associations
Associations
larva of Euleia heraclei mines live leaf of Torilis
Plant / resting place / within
puparium of Melanagromyza sativae may be found in stem of Torilis
Other: minor host/prey
In Great Britain and/or Ireland:
Foodplant / parasite
hypophyllous colony of sporangium of Plasmopara crustosa parasitises live leaf of Torilis
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
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Locations of barcode samples
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Statistics of barcoding coverage
| Specimen Records: | 5 |
| Specimens with Sequences: | 7 |
| Specimens with Barcodes: | 7 |
| Public Records: | 0 |
| Species: | 3 |
| Species With Barcodes: | 3 |
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Barcode data
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Wikipedia
Torilis
Torilis is a genus of plants closely related to parsley which are known generally as the hedge parsleys. They are native to Eurasia and North Africa but have been introduced to other continents. T. arvensis is quite widespread in North America but is facing population decline in the UK.
Selected species:
- Torilis arvensis - spreading hedge parsley, Canadian hedge parsley, common hedge parsley
- Torilis japonica - Japanese hedge parsley
- Torilis leptophylla - bristlefruit hedge parsley
- Torilis nodosa - knotted hedge parsley
- Torilis scabra - rough hedge parsley
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