Plant Details

Accepted name:: Daucus carota subsp. carota [Apiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Daucus carota L.
Infraspecies:: 24

Daucus carota var. abyssinicus A.Braun

Daucus carota subsp. annuus (Bég.) Mart.Flores, D.M.Spooner & M.B.Crespo

Daucus carota subsp. azoricus Franco

Daucus carota subsp. cantabricus A.Pujadas

Daucus carota subsp. capillifolius (Gilli) Arbizu

Daucus carota subsp. caporientalis Reduron

Daucus carota subsp. commutatus (Paol.) Thell.

Daucus carota subsp. corsoccidentalis Reduron

Daucus carota subsp. drepanensis (Arcang.) Heywood

Daucus carota subsp. fontanesii Thell.

Daucus carota subsp. gadecaei (Rouy & E.G.Camus) Heywood

Daucus carota subsp. gummifer (Syme) Hook.f.

Daucus carota subsp. halophilus (Brot.) A.Pujadas

Daucus carota subsp. hispanicus (Gouan) Thell.

Daucus carota subsp. major (Vis.) Arcang.

Daucus carota subsp. majoricus A.Pujadas

Daucus carota subsp. maritimus (Lam.) Batt.

Daucus carota subsp. maximus (Desf.) Ball

Daucus carota var. meriensis Reduron

Daucus carota subsp. otaportensis Reduron

Daucus carota subsp. rupestris (Guss.) Heywood

Daucus carota subsp. tenuissimus (A.Chev.) Mart.Flores, D.M.Spooner & M.B.Crespo

Daucus carota subsp. valeriae Reduron

Daucus carota subsp. sativus (Hoffm.) Schübl. & G.Martens

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
black carrot	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
purple carrot	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 80 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Daucus carota var. atrorubens Alef. Landw. Fl.: 161 (1866).
Carota sylvestris (Mill.) Lobel ex Rupr. Fl. Ingrica: 468 (1860).
Caucalis carnosa Roth Tent. Fl. Germ. 1: 119 (1788).
Caucalis daucus Crantz Stirp. Austr. Fasc. 2: 125 (1763).
Daucus agrestis Raf. New Fl. 4: 27 (1838).
Daucus alatus Poir. Voy. Barbarie 2: 135 (1789).
Daucus allionii Link Handbuch 1: 344 (1829).
Daucus australis Kotov Bot. Žurn. (Kiev) 1(2): 278 (1940), nom. illeg.
Daucus blanchei Reut. in P.E.Boissier, Fl. Orient. 2: 1077 (1872).
Daucus brevicaulis Raf. New Fl. 4: 25 (1838).
Daucus carota var. alba Alef. Landw. Fl.: 161 (1866).
Daucus carota var. aurantia Alef. Landw. Fl.: 161 (1866).
Daucus carota var. boissieri Schweinf. ex Wittm. Festschr. Aschers.: 327 (1904).
Daucus carota subsp. boissieri (Schweinf. ex Wittm.) Hosni Taeckholmia 11: 44 (1988).
Daucus carota var. brachycaulos Reduron Ombellif. France 2: 1079 (2007).
Daucus carota var. brachycentrus Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 22: 50 (1931).
Daucus carota var. carnosus (Roth) Roth Enum. Pl. Phaen. Germ. 1(1): 898 (1827).
Daucus carota convar. curta Alef. Landw. Fl.: 161 (1866).
Daucus carota subsp. dentatus (Bertol.) Fiori in A.Fiori & al., Fl. Anal. Italia 2: 186 (1900).
Daucus carota f. epurpuratus Farw. Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 2: 35 (1923).
Daucus carota var. excelsus Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 20: 23 (1929).
Daucus carota var. exiguus Sádaba & Angulo Fitogr. Fl. Farm. Hispan. 2: 446 (1885).
Daucus carota f. fischeri Moldenke Castanea 9: 55 (1944).
Daucus carota var. glaber Lej. Rev. Fl. Spa: 61 (1825).
Daucus carota var. glaber Čelak. Prodr. Fl. Böhmen: 582 (1875), nom. illeg.
Daucus carota f. goodmanii Moldenke Castanea 9: 55 (1944).
Daucus carota var. hispidus Lej. Rev. Fl. Spa: 61 (1825).
Daucus carota subsp. hispidus Masclef J. Bot. (Morot) 3: 22 (1889), nom. illeg.
Daucus carota var. hollandica Alef. Landw. Fl.: 162 (1866).
Daucus carota var. linearis Reduron Ombellif. France 2: 1081 (2007).
Daucus carota convar. longus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 161 (1866).
Daucus carota var. nanus Gaudin Fl. Helv. 2: 307 (1828).
Daucus carota var. noisettii Alef. Landw. Fl.: 162 (1866).
Daucus carota var. pellucidus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 162 (1866).
Daucus carota f. phyllophorus Merino Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 30: 188 (1901).
Daucus carota var. pseudocarota (Rouy & E.G.Camus) Reduron Ombellif. France 2: 1083 (2007).
Daucus carota var. purpuriflorus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 161 (1866).
Daucus carota f. roseus Farw. Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 21: 369 (1919 publ. 1920), nom. illeg.
Daucus carota f. roseus Millsp. Fl. W. Virginia: 369 (1892).
Daucus carota var. saalfeldensis Alef. Landw. Fl.: 162 (1866).
Daucus carota var. silvestris Alef. Landw. Fl.: 161 (1866).
Daucus carota var. sulfureus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 161 (1866).
Daucus carota var. timbalianus (Rouy & E.G.Camus) Marnac & Reynier Bull. Soc. Bot. France 70 : 102 (1923).
Daucus carota var. valentinus C.Vicioso Bol. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 15: 92 (1915).
Daucus carota var. violaceus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 162 (1866).
Daucus communis Rouy & E.G.Camus in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 7: 231 (1901).
Daucus communis var. agrestis Rouy & E.G.Camus in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 7: 236 (1901).
Daucus communis var. allionii Rouy & E.G.Camus in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 7: 235 (1901).
Daucus communis var. marcidus (Timb.-Lagr.) Rouy & E.G.Camus in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 7: 235 (1901).
Daucus communis var. prostratus Rouy & E.G.Camus in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 7: 235 (1901).
Daucus communis var. pseudocarota Rouy & E.G.Camus in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 7: 239 (1901).
Daucus communis var. timbalianus Rouy & E.G.Camus in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 7: 236 (1901).
Daucus dentatus Bertol. Fl. Ital. 3: 168 (1837).
Daucus esculentus Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 162 (1796).
Daucus exiguus Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 485 (1840).
Daucus foliosus Guss. Fl. Sicul. Prodr., Suppl.: 73 (1832).
Daucus gibbosus Bertol. Fl. Ital. 3: 160 (1837).
Daucus gingidium Georgi Beschr. Nation. Russ. Reich, Nachtr.: 266 (1802), sensu auct.
Daucus heterophylus Raf. New Fl. 4: 26 (1838).
Daucus kotovii M.Hiroe Umbell. World: 595 (1979).
Daucus levis Raf. New Fl. 4: 25 (1838).
Daucus marcidus Timb.-Lagr. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 13: clv (1866).
Daucus maritimus With. Arr. Brit. Pl., ed. 3. 2: 290 (1796), nom. illeg.
Daucus martellii Gand. ex Calest. Webbia 1: 263 (1905).
Daucus montanus Schmidt ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 279 (1879).
Daucus neglectus Lowe Trans. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 6: 542 (1838).
Daucus nudicaulis Raf. New Fl. 4: 25 (1838).
Daucus officinalis Gueldenst. ex Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 2: 339 (1844).
Daucus polygamus Jacq. ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 279 (1879), not validly publ.
Daucus scariosus Raf. New Fl. 4: 25 (1838).
Daucus sciadophylus Raf. New Fl. 4: 24 (1838).
Daucus strigosus Raf. New Fl. 4: 27 (1838).
Daucus sylvestris Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 1 (1768).
Daucus vulgaris Neck. Delic. Gallo-Belg. 1: 139 (1768).
Daucus vulgaris Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd.: t. 246 (1764), opus utique rej.
Daucus vulgaris var. atrorubens Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 498 (1821 publ. 1822).
Daucus vulgaris var. flavus Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 498 (1821 publ. 1822).
Daucus vulgaris var. polygamus Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 498 (1821 publ. 1822).
Platyspermum alatum (Poir.) Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 6: 837 (1820).
Tiricta daucoides Raf. New Fl. 4: 23 (1838).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Daucus carota subsp. sativus var. atrorubens Alef.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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