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Apium graveolens

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Apium graveolens, commonly known as celery, is an Old World species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. It was first formally described by the botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1753. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts

Classification

Diet

Photosynthetic Autotroph 1

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 2

System (Realm)

Marine 2

Relationship to People

Invasive or Introduced Species 1

Living or Extinct

Yes 3

Comparison

NatureServe Rank

GNR Unranked 4

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 5

Scientific Name

Apium graveolens 3

Conservation Status

Least Concern 3

Connections

Child Taxon Of

Source Apium graveolens (Wikidata)

In Biome

Source Plants For A Future: Apium graveolens

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Sources

1. Apium graveolens (Wikipedia)

Lead
The species is widely naturalised outside of its natural range and is used as a vegetable; modern cultivars have been selected for their leaf stalks (celery), a large bulb-like hypocotyl (celeriac), and their leaves (leaf celery).
Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
Apium graveolens, commonly known as celery, is an Old World species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae.

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2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)

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3. Apium graveolens (Wikidata)

Wikidata

Wikidata Q28298 (P225 taxon name)
Wikidata P141 (IUCN conservation status) claim, entity QID Q28298
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
Child Taxon Of: Apiaceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain

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4. NatureServe Explorer: Apium graveolens

NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)

Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)

"roundedGRank": "GNR"

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5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Apiales

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12433

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12433

"cites_listing":"II/NC","eu_listing":"B/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Apiales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]

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Plant (Wikipedia)

Lead, whole group is photosynthetic

Quote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic

They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.

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Plants For A Future: Apium graveolens

Plants For A FutureIn Biome: Salt Marsh, Habitats

Quote, In Biome: Salt Marsh, Habitats

Ditches, by rivers and in other damp locations, especially near the sea in salt marshes

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