Microsciadium

Microsciadium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Subfamily: Apioideae
Tribe: Pyramidoptereae
Genus: Microsciadium
Boiss.
Species:
M. minutum
Binomial name
Microsciadium minutum
(d'Urv.) Briq.
Synonyms
  • Azorella minuta (d'Urv.) M.Hiroe
  • Carum minutum (d'Urv.) Koso-Pol.
  • Cuminum minutum d'Urv.
  • Microsciadium tenuifolium Boiss., nom. superfl.

Microsciadium is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Apiaceae. Its sole species is Microsciadium minutum, native to the eastern Aegean Islands and Turkey. The genus was first described by Pierre Edmond Boissier in 1844. The species was first described in 1822 as Cuminum minutum.