Prionosciadium thapsoides explained

Prionosciadium thapsoides is a plant species native to the States of Veracruz and México, in the República de México, as well as Guatemala.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Prionosciadium thapsoides is a biennial herb with a large taproot. Leaves are bipinnately compound, the leaflets pinnately lobed with broad obovate lobes. Flowers are white, borne in dense compound umbels at the top of the flowering stalk.^{[5] [6] [7]}

Chemical studies have revealed the existence of several new dihydrofurochromones in the roots.^[8]

External links

• photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, Prionosciadium thapsoides collected in Estado de México in 1935

Notes and References

1. Mathias, Brittonia 2(3): 245 245 1936.
2. Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 4: 215–216. 1830.
3. CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, Mexico City.
4. Standley, P. C. & L. O. Williams. 1966. Umbelliferae. In: P. C. Standley & L. O. Williams (eds.), Flora of Guatemala - Part VIII, Number 1. Fieldiana, Bot. 24(8/1): 21–66.
5. Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera. 2009. Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. 4(1): i–xvi, 1–855. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México.
6. Mathias, M. E. 1936. Studies in the Umbelliferae. V. Brittonia 2(3): 239–245.
7. http://fm1.fieldmuseum.org/vrrc/index.php?language=br&page=view&id=2700&PHPSESSID=b85&PHPSESSID=b85 Field Museum, Amostras de Herbário da Neotrópica
8. J. Martín Torres-Valencia, O. Esther Chávez-Ríos, Carlos M. Cerda-García-Rojas, Eleuterio Burgueño-Tapia & Pedro Joseph-Nathan. 2008. Dihydrofurochromones from Prionosciadium thapsoides. Journal of Natural Products 71(11), pp 1956–1960.