Foeniculum vulgare Mill. subsp. vulgare var. dulce (Mill.) Batt. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Foeniculum vulgare Mill. subsp. vulgare var. dulce (Mill.) Batt. (Foeniculum vulgare Sweet Fennel Group)

Summary

Genus:

Foeniculum

Family:

Apiaceae (alt. Umbelliferae)

Subfamily:

Apioideae

Tribe:

Apieae

Nomen number:

102104

Place of publication:

J. A. Battandier & L. C. Trabut, Fl. Algérie 1(1):382. 1889

Comment:

[or F. vulgare Sweet Fennel Group]

Verified:

10/24/1997 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.

Other conspecific taxa

Foeniculum vulgare Mill. (0 active accession[s])
Foeniculum vulgare Mill. subsp. piperitum (Ucria) Cout. (0 active accession[s])
Foeniculum vulgare Mill. subsp. vulgare var. azoricum (Mill.) Thell. (0 active accession[s])
Foeniculum vulgare Mill. subsp. vulgare var. vulgare (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

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Reference(s)

Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993
Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage. 2000
Guzman, C. C. de & J. S. Siemonsma, eds. 1999. Spices. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). 1989- 13:129.
Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
Mansfeld, R. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2. 1959
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Quézel, P. & S. Santa. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie. 1962-1963
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].

Common names

English
Roman fennel –
sweet fennel –
French
fenouil doux –
German
Gewürzfenchel –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
2	Cultivated

Cultivated ()

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Reference
Food additives	flavoring	Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996
Materials	essential oils	Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. 1996
Medicines	folklore	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=102104. Accessed 19 July 2025.