water dropwort
Information about water dropwort
See Oenanthe for the bird genus of this name.
The Oenanthe or water dropworts are a genus of plants from the family Apiaceae.
Several of the species, most notably O. crocata, are extremely poisonous, the active poison being oenanthotoxin. This species closely resembles the Parsnip, both in foliage and the white root. The root is particularly dangerous, as it lacks the unpleasant flavour of the foliage, but is equally toxic: the species is common in wet ditches and streamsides, and the roots are often exposed when drainage ditches are cleared. Livestock fatalities are frequent when these exposed roots are found and eaten in mistake for parsnips, one root being sufficient to kill a cow. Human fatalities are also known in these circumstances.
O. javanica, Japanese parsley is grown in Japan, where the spring growth ("seri" in Japanese) is relished as a vegetable.
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) Oenanthe aquatica Oenanthe aquatica | ||||||||||||
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O. aquatica - Fine-leafed water dropwort O. crocata - Hemlock water dropwort O. fistulosa - Tubular water dropwort O. fluviatilis - River water dropwort O. javanica - Java water dropwort, Japanese parsley O. javanica ssp. javanica - Java water dropwort O. javanica ssp. stolonifera - Stolon water dropwort O. lachenalii - Parsley water dropwort O. laciniata - Cutleaf water dropwort O. peucidanifolia O. pimpinelloides - Corky-fruited water dropwort O. sarmentosa - Water parsley O. silaifolia - Narrow-leafed water dropwort | ||||||||||||
The Oenanthe or water dropworts are a genus of plants from the family Apiaceae.
Several of the species, most notably O. crocata, are extremely poisonous, the active poison being oenanthotoxin. This species closely resembles the Parsnip, both in foliage and the white root. The root is particularly dangerous, as it lacks the unpleasant flavour of the foliage, but is equally toxic: the species is common in wet ditches and streamsides, and the roots are often exposed when drainage ditches are cleared. Livestock fatalities are frequent when these exposed roots are found and eaten in mistake for parsnips, one root being sufficient to kill a cow. Human fatalities are also known in these circumstances.
O. javanica, Japanese parsley is grown in Japan, where the spring growth ("seri" in Japanese) is relished as a vegetable.
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Corky-fruited water dropwort (Oenanthe pimpinelloides)
References
Oenanthe
Vieillot, 1816
Species
See text.
The wheatears, genus Oenanthe, were formerly considered to be members of the thrush family Turdidae. They are more commonly now placed in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae.
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Vieillot, 1816
Species
See text.
The wheatears, genus Oenanthe, were formerly considered to be members of the thrush family Turdidae. They are more commonly now placed in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae.
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Aves
Linnaeus, 1758
Orders
About two dozen - see section below
Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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Linnaeus, 1758
Orders
About two dozen - see section below
Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. Scientific classification also can be called scientific taxonomy, but should be distinguished from folk taxonomy, which lacks scientific basis.
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Plantae
Haeckel, 1866[1]
Divisions
Green algae
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Haeckel, 1866[1]
Divisions
Green algae
- Chlorophyta
- Charophyta
- Non-vascular land plants (bryophytes)
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Magnoliophyta
Classes
Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Liliopsida - Monocots
The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of land plants. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms comprise the two extant groups of seed plants.
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Classes
Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Liliopsida - Monocots
The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of land plants. The flowering plants and the gymnosperms comprise the two extant groups of seed plants.
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Magnoliopsida
Brongniart
Orders
See text.
Dicotyledons, or "dicots", is a name for a group of flowering plants whose seed typically contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons.
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Brongniart
Orders
See text.
Dicotyledons, or "dicots", is a name for a group of flowering plants whose seed typically contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons.
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poisons are substances that can cause damage, illness, or death to organisms, usually by chemical reaction or other activity on the molecular scale, when a sufficient quantity is absorbed by an organism.
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Oenanthotoxin is a toxin extracted from hemlock water dropwort and other plants of the genus Oenanthe. It is structurally closly related to the toxine cicutoxin of water hemlock.
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P. sativa
Binomial name
Pastinaca sativa
L.
The parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) is a root vegetable related to the carrot. Parsnips resemble carrots, but are paler and have a stronger flavor.
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Binomial name
Pastinaca sativa
L.
The parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) is a root vegetable related to the carrot. Parsnips resemble carrots, but are paler and have a stronger flavor.
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