''Chaerophyllum'' is a genus of

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in the family

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, with 35 species native to

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, North America, and

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. It includes the cultivated root vegetable '' Chaerophyllum bulbosum'' (turnip rooted chervil). File:Chaerophyllum bulbosum W.jpg, '' Chaerophyllum bulbosum'' File:Chaerophyllum procumbens - Spreading Chervil.jpg, '' Chaerophyllum procumbens'' The genus name is an alteration of

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, from

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( "

chervil Chervil (; ''Anthriscus cerefolium''), sometimes called French parsley or garden chervil (to distinguish it from similar plants also called chervil), is a delicate annual herb related to parsley. It was formerly called myrhis due to its volati ...

"), from ( "to be glad") and ( "leaf").

Species

Chaerophyllum tainturieri ''Chaerophyllum tainturieri'', known by the common names hairyfruit chervil and southern chervil, is an annual forb native to the south-eastern United States, with disjunct populations in Arizona and New Mexico ) , population_demonym = New ...

'' Hook. & Arn. *'' Chaerophyllum taiwanianum'' (Masam.) K.F.Chung *'' Chaerophyllum temulum'' L. *'' Chaerophyllum tenuifolium'' Poir. *'' Chaerophyllum tolucanum'' (I.M.Johnst.) K.F.Chung *'' Chaerophyllum villarsii'' W.D.J.Koch *'' Chaerophyllum villosum'' Wall. ex DC.

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Apioideae genera Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Apiaceae-stub