Skip to content


Taxon:  Apium graveolens L. var. dulce (Mill.) DC. (Apium graveolens Stalk Celery Group)



Summary
Genus:
Apium
Family:
Apiaceae (alt. Umbelliferae)
Subfamily:
Apioideae
Tribe:
Apieae
Nomen number:
102051
Place of publication:
Prodr. 4:101. 1830 (C. H. Persoon, Syn. pl. 1:324. 1805 "β dulce"
Comment:
  • [or A. graveolens Stalk Celery Group]
  • fide Greuter (1968 and pers. comm. via e-mail on 4 Aug 2014) the taxa preceded by Greek letters in Persoon's work should be treated as unranked
Verified:
10/03/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. 
Other conspecific taxa
Apium graveolens L. (0 active accession[s])
Apium graveolens L. var. graveolens (0 active accession[s])
Apium graveolens L. var. rapaceum (Mill.) DC. (0 active accession[s])
Apium graveolens L. var. secalinum Alef. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Apium dulce Mill.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Apium graveolens L. subsp. dulce (Mill.) Schubl. & G. Martens

No images


Reference(s)
  1. Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. Flores des Mascareignes. 1976-
  2. Conrad, L. R. 1997. pers. comm.
  3. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
  4. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  5. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001
  6. International Seed Testing Association. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2. 1982
  7. Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996
  8. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  9. Mansfeld, R. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2. 1959
  10. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
  11. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
  12. Muminovic, J. et al. 2004. Prospects for celeriac (Apium graveolens var. rapaceum) improvement by using genetic resources of Apium, as determined by AFLP markers and morphological characterization. Pl. Genet. Resources Charact. Util. 2:189-198.
  13. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  14. Rehm, S. & G. Espig. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics. 1991
  15. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  16. Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 8:86-87.
  17. Wang, S. et al. 2011. Genetic diversity in Apium graveolens and related species revealed by SRAP and SSR markers. Sci. Hort. 129:1-8.
  18. Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].
  19. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994-
Common names
English
celery –
stalk celery –
Dutch
bleekselderij –
French
céleri –
céleri à côtes –
céleri branche –
German
Bleichsellerie –
Staudensellerie –
Stielsellerie –
Italian
sedano –
sedano da costa –
Portuguese
aipo –
Spanish
apio –
apio bastardo –
apio blanco –
apio borde –
Transliterated Russian
sel'dereĭ chereshkovyĭ –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated     
4Naturalized     
Cultivated ()
Naturalized ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Food additivesflavoring Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 8:86-87.
Human foodvegetable Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996
Materialsessential oils Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 8:86-87.
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Kingsbury, J. M. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 1964
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=102051. Accessed 15 December 2025.


GRIN-Global project