''Lomatium donnellii'' (Donnell's biscuitroot or glaucous desert parsley) is a

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of the family

Apiaceae Apiaceae or Umbelliferae is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants named after the type genus ''Apium'' and commonly known as the celery, carrot or parsley family, or simply as umbellifers. It is the 16th-largest family of flowering plants ...

, in the

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Taxonomy

''Lomatium donnellii'' was first described in 1888 by

John Merle Coulter John Merle Coulter, Ph. D. (November 20, 1851 – December 23, 1928) was an American botanist and educator. In his career in education administration, Coulter is notable for serving as the president of Indiana University and Lake Forest College a ...

and

Joseph Nelson Rose Joseph Nelson Rose (January 11, 1862 – May 4, 1928) was an American botanist. He was born in Union County, Indiana. His father died serving during the Civil War when Joseph Rose was a young boy. He later graduated from high school in Liberty, ...

as ''Peucedanum donnellii''. In 1900, they transferred it to ''

Lomatium ''Lomatium'' is a genus in the family Apiaceae. It consists of about 100 species native to western Northern America and northern Mexico. Its common names include biscuitroot, Indian parsley, and desert parsley. It is in the family Apiaceae and t ...

''. In 1889, they described ''Peucedanum plummerae'', which they also transferred to ''Lomatium'' in 1900. ,

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considers ''Lomatium plummerae'' and its variety ''helleri'' to be synonyms of ''Lomatium donnellii''. In addition, the

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considers ''L. plummerae'' var. ''austiniae'' and var. ''sonnei'' to be synonyms of ''Lomatium donnellii'', whereas Plants of the World Online considers them synonyms of ''

Lomatium austiniae ''Lomatium austiniae'' (Austin's desertparsley or Sonne's desert parsley) is a perennial plant in the carrot family (Apiaceae) occurring in a limited area of Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western r ...

''.

References

External links

USDA Plants Profile for ''Lomatium donnellii'' (Donnell's biscuitroot)
donnellii Endemic flora of the United States Flora of California Flora of Nevada Flora of Oregon Flora of the Northwestern United States Flora of the Great Basin Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States) Taxa named by John Merle Coulter Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Apiaceae-stub