Astomaea

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Apiales

Familia: Apiaceae
Subfamilia: Apioideae
Tribus: Pyramidoptereae
Genus: Astomaea
Species: A. galiocarpa – A. seselifolium
Name

Astomaea Reichenbach, Handb. Nat. Pflanzensyst. 218. (1837)

Type species: Astomaea seselifolium (DC.) Rauschert, Taxon 31(3): 563 (1982)

Synonyms

Replaced synonym
Astoma DC., Coll. Mém. 5: 71. t. 17 (1829)

References

Reichenbach, H.G.L. 1837. Handbuch des Naturlichen Pflanzensystems 218.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Astomaea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Astomaea. Published online. Accessed: Aug. 26 2018.
Tropicos.org 2018. Astomaea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Aug. 26.

Astomaea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, with 2 species.[1][2] It is endemic to Southwest Asia.[3][4]

Arabs in the Levant, especially in the Land of Israel, collect the roots and bulbs of the Astoma seselifolia which are then roasted and eaten.[5]
Species

Astomaea galiocarpa
Astomaea seselifolia

References

"Astomaea — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
"Astomaea galiocarpa (Korovin) Pimenov & Kljuykov | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
"Astomaea seselifolia (DC.) Rauschert | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
"Astomaea seselifolium DC". Flora of Israel Online. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
Ḳrispil, Nissim (1983). A Bag of Plants (The Useful Plants of Israel) (in Hebrew). 1 (A.-G.). Jerusalem: Cana Publishing House Ltd. pp. 84–87. OCLC 959573975., s.v. Astoma seselifolium (אסתום)