Genus Tornabenea Parl.


Summary
Genus number:
12199
Last updated:
25 January 2013
Family:
Apiaceae (alt. Umbelliferae)
Subfamily:
Apioideae
Tribe:
Scandiceae
Subtribe:
Daucinae
Accession count:

0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
  • all accepted species are in GRIN
  • authorship verified from original literature


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References:
  1. Brochmann, C. et al. 1997. The endemic vascular plants of the Cape Verde Islands, W. Africa. Sommerfeltia 24:77-91. Note: recognizes five species
  2. Grosso, C. et al. 2008. Preliminary data on microcharacters and chromosome number in Tornabenea species (Apiaceae) from Cape Verde Islands. Pl. Biosyst. 142:87-93. Note: recognizes three species in the genus
  3. Grosso, C. et al. 2009. Assessment of the essential oil composition of Tornabenea annua, Tornabenea insularis and Tornabenea tenuissima fruits from Cape Verde Islands. Biochem. Syst. & Ecol. 37:474-478. Note: recognizes three species in the genus
  4. Spalik, K. & S. R. Downie. 2007. Intercontinental disjunctions in Cryptotaenia (Apiaceae, Oenantheae): an appraisal using molecular data. J. Biogeogr. 34:2039-2054. Note: this biogeographic study of Cryptotaenia included members of tribe Scandiceae to reconstruct a phylogeny based on ITS data; Tornabenea was resolved in a well supported clade sister to wild Daucus carota, within a lineage sister to a Macaronesian clade; the biogeographic analysis using either Bayesian or Neighbor-joining supported Macaronesia as part of an ancestral area for that group, with a dispersal event to Europe-NW Africa, and then back for second time to Macaronesia (Tornabenea)
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=12199. Accessed 26 September 2026.