''Bunium elegans'' is a species of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
in the family
Apiaceae
Apiaceae () or Umbelliferae is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants named after the type genus ''Apium,'' and commonly known as the celery, carrot, or parsley family, or simply as umbellifers. It is the 16th-largest family of flowering p ...
found in Syria and Lebanon. A specimen is kept at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris. The plant contains essential oils.
[Chemical Composition of the Essential Oils of Bunium elegans and Bunium caroides. Chemistry of Natural Compounds, 41(4), July 2005, ]
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Apioideae
Flora of Lebanon
Plants described in 1892
Flora of Syria
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