Berula

Berula is a cosmopolitan genus of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, whose species are known as water parsnips,[1] as are some other plants in Apiaceae such as Sium latifolium and Sium suave. It is easily confused with the highly toxic water hemlock (Conium maculatum).

Berula
Berula erecta
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Subfamily: Apioideae
Tribe: Oenantheae
Genus: Berula
W.D.J.Koch

Berula species are perennial, aquatic to semi-aquatic, herbaceous plants. The leaves are usually oppositely arranged. The flowerheads are arranged in umbels of small white flowers. Berula erecta is a widespread aquatic plant with fern-like leaves, found across Eurasia, Africa, North America, and elsewhere.[1][2]

Taxonomy

As of February 2015, The Plant List accepts five species:

  • Berula bracteata (Roxb.) Spalik & S.R.Downie
  • Berula burchellii (Hook.f.) Spalik & S.R.Downie
  • Berula erecta (Huds.) Coville
  • Berula imbricata (Schinz) Spalik & S.R.Downie
  • Berula repanda (Welw. ex Hiern) Spalik & S.R.Downie

References
  1. Calflora taxon report, University of California: Berula erecta
  2. Pu Fading; Mark F. Watson. "Berula". Flora of China. Vol. 14. Retrieved 16 December 2018 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
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