Plant Details

Accepted name:: Daucus carota subsp. carota [Apiaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies of:: Daucus carota L.

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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