Heracleum

From Latin Hēraclēus (“of Hercules”), from Ancient Greek Ἡράκλειος (Hērákleios, “of Hercules”).

Heracleum n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – hogweed and closely related plants.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II - clades; Apiales - order; Apiaceae - family

• (genus): Heracleum sphondylium (common hogweed, syn., Heracleum sibiricum) - type species; Heracleum aconitifolium, Heracleum albovii, Heracleum angustisectum, Heracleum antasiaticum, Heracleum apiifolium, Heracleum argaeum, Heracleum asperum, Heracleum calcareum, Heracleum candicans, Heracleum carpaticum, Heracleum chorodanum, Heracleum cyclocarpum, Heracleum dissectum, Heracleum dulce (syn. of Heracleum sphondylium subsp. montanum), Heracleum egrissicum, Heracleum grande, Heracleum grandiflorum, Heracleum hemsleyanum, Heracleum humile, Heracleum idae, Heracleum lanatum, Heracleum lehmannianum, Heracleum leskovii, Heracleum ligusticifolium, Heracleum mandenovae, Heracleum mantegazzianum (giant hogweed), Heracleum maximum (cow parsnip, etc.), Heracleum nanum, Heracleum nepalense, Heracleum ossethicum, Heracleum palmatum (syn. of Heracleum sphondylium subsp. transsilvanicum), Heracleum pastinacifolium, Heracleum persicum (Persian hogweed), Heracleum platytaenium, Heracleum ponticum, Heracleum pubescens, Heracleum rawianum, Heracleum roseum, Heracleum scabrum, Heracleum sibiricum (syn. of Heracleum sphondylium subsp. sibiricum), Heracleum sommieri, Heracleum sosnowskyi, Heracleum stevenii (syn. Heracleum villosum), Heracleum trachyloma, Heracleum transcaucasicum, Heracleum wilhelmsii - other species

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