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Taxon:
Ammi visnaga
(L.) Lam.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Ammi
Family:
Apiaceae
(alt. Umbelliferae)
Subfamily:
Apioideae
Tribe:
Apieae
Nomen number:
2900
Place of publication:
Fl. franç. 3:462. 1779 ("1778")
Verified:
05/20/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Daucus visnaga
L.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Visnaga daucoides
Gaertn.
No images
Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Bisset, N. G., ed.
1994. Herbal drugs and phytopharmaceuticals. A handbook for practice on a scientific basis CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.
Note:
translation of German edition by M. Wichtl, ed.
Botanical Society of the British Isles.
BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/BSBI/taxonsearch.php
Boulos, L.
1995. Flora of Egypt checklist.
Boulos, L.
1999-. Flora of Egypt
Davis, P. H., ed.
1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Encke, F. et al.
1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Erhardt, W. et al.
2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Eriksson, O. et al.
1979. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 2.
Euro+Med Editorial Committee.
Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.emplantbase.org/home.html
Farnsworth, N. R. & D. D. Soejarto.
1988. Global importance of medicinal plants (unpublished draft manuscript rev. 23)
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
URL:
http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds.
2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres
URL:
http://www.gobcan.es/cmayot/interreg/atlantico/documentos/LESDCanarias.pdf
Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire.
1931-1941. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc.
Kartesz, J. T.
1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
Kingsbury, J. M.
1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada.
Komarov, V. L. et al., eds.
1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Mansfeld, R.
1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2.
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Mouterde, P.
1966-. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie.
Mun-Chan, B. et al.
1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:77
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds.
1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
Pottier-Alapetite, G.
1979-1981. Flore de la Tunisie: Angiospermes-Dicotyledones.
Quézel, P. & S. Santa.
1962-1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie.
Rechinger, K. H., ed.
1963-. Flora iranica.
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Silva, L. et al.
2005. Listagem da fauna e flora terrestres dos Açores. Lista des plantas vasculares (Pteridophyta e Spermatophyta).
URL:
http://www.azores.gov.pt/NR/rdonlyres/3E255F0D-6AFD-4EF8-974D-CF920B5F933E/126780/42_Pteridophyta_Spermatophyta1.pdf
Soukup, J.
1970. Vocabulario de los nombres vulgares de la flora peruana.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds.
1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Zhang, X., coordinator.
2007. World Health Organization monographs on selected medicinal plants. 3:23.
URL:
http://www.who.int/medicines/publications/traditional/MedPlantsMonograph3.pdf
Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan.
1966-. Flora palaestina.
1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
1979. Bolshaya sovetskaya entsiklopediya (The Great Soviet Encyclopedia), 3rd edition.
Common names
English
bisnaga –
Reference(s)
khella –
Reference(s)
lesser bishop's-weed –
Reference(s)
toothpick ammi –
Reference(s)
toothpickplant –
Reference(s)
Arabic
sewak en-nabi –
Reference(s)
French
herbe aux cure dents –
Reference(s)
German
Bischofskraut –
Reference(s)
Zahnstocher-Ammei –
Reference(s)
Zahnstocherkraut –
Reference(s)
Italian
visnaga commune –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
bisnagueira –
Reference(s)
visnagueira –
Reference(s)
Spanish
escuradentis –
Reference(s)
visnaga –
Reference(s)
Swedish
tandpetarsilja –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Algeria
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Libya
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Morocco
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Tunisia
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Armenia
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Azerbaijan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Georgia
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Cyprus
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Iran
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Iraq
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Israel
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Lebanon
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Syria
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Turkey
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Albania
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Greece
1
Native
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Italy
incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1
Native
Europe
Southwestern Europe
France
s. & Corsica
1
Native
Europe
Southwestern Europe
Portugal
1
Native
Europe
Southwestern Europe
Spain
incl. Baleares
2
Cultivated
Africa
Northern Africa
Egypt
2
Cultivated
Africa
Northern Africa
Morocco
2
Cultivated
Africa
Northern Africa
Tunisia
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia
Ciscaucasia
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Korea
2
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Iran
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
2
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Pakistan
2
Cultivated
Europe
Eastern Europe
Moldova
2
Cultivated
Europe
Eastern Europe
Ukraine
2
Cultivated
Northern America
Mexico
2
Cultivated
Northern America
United States
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Caribbean
Cuba
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Southern South America
Argentina
2
Cultivated
Southern America
Southern South America
Chile
4
Naturalized
natzd. elsewhere
Native
Africa
NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria
,
Libya
,
Morocco
,
Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
WESTERN ASIA:
Cyprus
,
Iran
,
Iraq
,
Israel
,
Lebanon
,
Syria
,
Turkey
CAUCASUS:
Armenia
,
Azerbaijan
,
Georgia
Europe
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Albania
,
Greece
,
Italy
(incl. Sardinia, Sicily)
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain
(incl. Baleares),
France
(s. & Corsica),
Portugal
Cultivated
Africa
NORTHERN AFRICA:
Egypt
,
Morocco
,
Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
WESTERN ASIA:
Iran
CAUCASUS:
Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia
[Ciscaucasia]
EASTERN ASIA:
Korea
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
,
Pakistan
Europe
EASTERN EUROPE:
Moldova
,
Ukraine
Northern America
REGION:
Mexico
,
United States
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
Cuba
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina
,
Chile
Naturalized
(natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Medicines
source of khellin
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicines
source of khellin
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Medicines
source of khellin
Farnsworth, N. R. & D. D. Soejarto.
1988. Global importance of medicinal plants (unpublished draft manuscript rev. 23)
Vertebrate poisons
birds
Kingsbury, J. M.
1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada.
Name
References