- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30011901-2
- Publication
- The Genera of North American Plants. Philadelphia, USA
- Collation
- 1: 196 (-197)
- Date of Publication
- 14 Jul 1818
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Apiaceae
Type Information
- Type Name
- Designated Type: T. atropurpureum (Desr.) Nutt. (Smyrnium atropurpureum Desr.)
- Chosen By
- Pfeiff. Nomencl. Bot. [Pfeiff.] 2(2): 1388. 1874
Remarks
Etymology: “From the isle of Thaspia, which gave name to the Thapsia of the ancients, in allusion to its affinity with that genus.” [Nuttall erred on the spelling of the island's name: it is called Thapsia]
Links
- Same citation as
- Thaspium Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. [Nuttall]. 1: 196 (1818).