''Foeniculum '' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
s in the
carrot family. It includes the commonly cultivated fennel, ''
Foeniculum vulgare
Fennel (''Foeniculum vulgare'') is a flowering plant species in the carrot family. It is a hardy, perennial herb with yellow flowers and feathery leaves. It is indigenous to the shores of the Mediterranean but has become widely naturalize ...
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;Species
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Foeniculum scoparium
''Foeniculum '' is a genus of flowering plants in the carrot family. It includes the commonly cultivated fennel, ''Foeniculum vulgare.''
;Species
*'' Foeniculum scoparium'' Quézel - North Africa
*'' Foeniculum subinodorum'' Maire, Weiller & ...
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Quézel -
North Africa
North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in ...
*''
Foeniculum subinodorum
''Foeniculum '' is a genus of flowering plants in the carrot family. It includes the commonly cultivated fennel, ''Foeniculum vulgare.''
;Species
*''Foeniculum scoparium'' Quézel - North Africa
*'' Foeniculum subinodorum'' Maire, Weiller & W ...
''
Maire, Weiller & Wilczek -
North Africa
North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in ...
*''
Foeniculum vulgare
Fennel (''Foeniculum vulgare'') is a flowering plant species in the carrot family. It is a hardy, perennial herb with yellow flowers and feathery leaves. It is indigenous to the shores of the Mediterranean but has become widely naturalize ...
''
Mill. -
Mediterranean
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western Europe, Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa ...
, cultivated and naturalized in many regions
Miller, Philip 17Gardeners Dictionary, eighth edition, ''Foeniculum''
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Apioideae
Apiaceae genera
Taxa named by Philip Miller
