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Descriptor English: Apiaceae
Descriptor Spanish: Apiaceae
Descriptor Apiaceae
Scope note: Gran familia de plantas del orden Apiales, también conocida como Umbelliferae. La mayoría de ellas son hierbas aromáticas, con hojas alternantes y hendidas, con una vaina en la base. Las flores suelen formas una umbela con la parte superior aplanada. Cada pequeña flor suele ser bisexual, con cinco sépalos, cinco pétalos y un gran disco en la base. Los frutos son rugosos y constan de dos partes que se separan al alcanzar la madurez.
Descriptor Portuguese: Apiaceae
Descriptor French: Apiaceae
Entry term(s): Azorella
Azorellas
Glehnia
Glehnias
Saposhnikovia
Saposhnikovias
Smyrnium
Smyrniums
Umbelliferae
Tree number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.075
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019661
Scope note: A large plant family in the order Apiales, also known as Umbelliferae. Most are aromatic herbs with alternate, feather-divided leaves that are sheathed at the base. The flowers often form a conspicuous flat-topped umbel. Each small individual flower is usually bisexual, with five sepals, five petals, and an enlarged disk at the base of the style. The fruits are ridged and are composed of two parts that split open at maturity.
Annotation: prefer specific plant
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PO poisoning
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
TO toxicity
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 98
History Note: 98
DeCS ID: 33296
Unique ID: D019661
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Date Established: 1998/01/01
Date of Entry: 1997/06/20
Revision Date: 2017/07/11
Apiaceae - Preferred
Concept UI M0029177
Scope note A large plant family in the order Apiales, also known as Umbelliferae. Most are aromatic herbs with alternate, feather-divided leaves that are sheathed at the base. The flowers often form a conspicuous flat-topped umbel. Each small individual flower is usually bisexual, with five sepals, five petals, and an enlarged disk at the base of the style. The fruits are ridged and are composed of two parts that split open at maturity.
Preferred term Apiaceae
Entry term(s) Umbelliferae
Smyrnium - Narrower
Concept UI M0418557
Preferred term Smyrnium
Entry term(s) Smyrniums
Saposhnikovia - Narrower
Concept UI M0396493
Scope note A plant genus of the family APIACEAE that contains saposhnikovans, a type of POLYSACCHARIDES.
Preferred term Saposhnikovia
Entry term(s) Saposhnikovias
Azorella - Narrower
Concept UI M0448301
Preferred term Azorella
Entry term(s) Azorellas
Glehnia - Narrower
Concept UI M0418556
Preferred term Glehnia
Entry term(s) Glehnias



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