''Cryptotaenia'', or honewort, is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

herb In general use, herbs are a widely distributed and widespread group of plants, excluding vegetables and other plants consumed for macronutrients, with savory or aromatic properties that are used for flavoring and garnishing food, for medicina ...

aceous

perennial plant A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years. The term ('' per-'' + '' -ennial'', "through the years") is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter-lived annuals and biennials. The term is also wide ...

s, native to North America, Africa, and eastern Asia, growing wild in moist, shady places.

Species

Species accepted by The Plant List as of August 2014. Some studies have suggested that the African and Canary Island species should be moved to other genera and that the Italian endemic ''Lereschia thomasii'' should be included in ''Cryptotaenia'', but we list them here provisionally pending further study. #''

Cryptotaenia africana ''Cryptotaenia'', or honewort, is a genus of herbaceous perennial plants, native to North America, Africa, and eastern Asia, growing wild in moist, shady places. Species Species accepted by The Plant List as of August 2014. Some studies have sug ...

'' (Hook.f.) Drude - Gabon #'' Cryptotaenia calycina'' C.C.Towns. - Tanzania # ''

Cryptotaenia canadensis ''Cryptotaenia canadensis'', the Canadian honewort, is a perennial plant species native to the eastern United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country ...

'' (L.) DC. - eastern + central North America #'' Cryptotaenia elegans'' Webb ex Bolle -

Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Mo ...

#'' Cryptotaenia flahaultii'' (Woronow) Koso-Pol. - Republic of Georgia # ''

Cryptotaenia japonica ''Cryptotaenia japonica'', also called East Asian wildparsley, Japanese cryptotaenia, Japanese honewort, white chervil mitsuba, Japanese wild parsley, stone parsley, honeywort, san ip, trefoil, and san ye qin (from ) is a plant species native to ...

'' Hassk. - Japan, Korea, China #'' Cryptotaenia polygama'' C.C.Towns. - TanzaniaTownsend, Clifford Charles. Kew Bulletin 38: 57. 1983.

References

External links

Efloras.org: Taxonomy description of ''Cryptotaenia japonica''

Plants for a Future database.org: ''Cryptotaenia japonica''
Apiaceae genera Apioideae Edible Apiaceae Taxa named by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle {{Apiaceae-stub