Transfer of Cnidium officinale to Conioselinum (Umbelliferae/Apiaceae)

Abstract

A medicinal plant called ‘Senkyū’ in Japanese has widely been used in eastern Asia. It has been referred to Cnidium officinale Makino or Ligusticum officinale (Makino) Kitag. (Umbelliferae/Apiaceae) in Japan and Korea, but is here attributed to Conioselinum officinale (Makino) K.Ohashi & H.Ohashi based on recent results from comparative fruit anatomy and molecular phylogenetic studies including Cnidium, Conioselinum and Ligusticum.