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Taxon:  Apium graveolens L. var. rapaceum (Mill.) DC. (Apium graveolens Celeriac Group)



Summary
Genus:
Apium
Family:
Apiaceae (alt. Umbelliferae)
Subfamily:
Apioideae
Tribe:
Apieae
Nomen number:
3704
Place of publication:
Prodr. 4:101. 1830 (J. Gaudin, Fl. helv. 2:422. 1828 "A. graveolens ββ napaceum")
Comment:
  • [or A. graveolens Celeriac Group]
  • although Gaudin (in Flora Helvetica) validly published infraspecific names at 3 hierarchical positions, only his 2nd-level names can be assigned rank (variety, designated by Greek letters and referenced in observations by that term) under the Melbourne ICN Art. 37, the remaining names must be treated as unranked (fide W. Greuter, pers. comm. on 25 Aug 2010)
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. dulce (Mill.) DC. (0 active accession[s])
Apium graveolens L. var. graveolens (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 rapaceum Mill.

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

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Reference(s)
  1. Conrad, L. R. 1998. pers. comm.
  2. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
  3. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  4. Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001
  5. Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996
  6. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  7. Mansfeld, R. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2. 1959
  8. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. 1998
  9. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
  10. Office of the Union. UPOV: International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants. List of the taxa protected by the members of the Union. 2009
  11. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  12. Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 8:87.
  13. Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].
Common names
English
celeriac –
celery-root –
knob celery –
root celery –
turnip-root celery –
Dutch
knolselderij –
French
ache-douce –
céleri rave –
German
Eppich –
Knollensellerie –
Sellerie –
Wurzelsellerie –
Italian
sedano rapa –
Spanish
apio nabo –
apio rabano –
apirrábano –
Transcribed Chinese
gen qin cai –
Transliterated Russian
sel'derej korneplodnyj –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated     
Cultivated ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodvegetable Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
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=3704. Accessed 15 December 2025.


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