MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE

Sorting Daucus names

Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :

 

Daucus capillifolius Gilli

ENGLISH : Wild Libyan carrot.

Daucus carota L. -> Daucus carota L. subsp. carota

Daucus carota L. subsp. carota

SYNONYM(S) : Daucus carota L., Daucus carota L. subsp. sylvestris (Mill.) Hyl.

CHINESE : Ye hu luo bo, .

DANISH : Vild gulerod.

ENGLISH : Wild carrot, Queen Anne's lace (UK).

FINNISH : Porkkana.

FRENCH : Carotte sauvage.

GERMAN : Wilde Möhre.

NEPALESE : Gaajar jhara.

SWEDISH : Wildmorot.

 

Photographs of flower by / on Peter Sforza's site Weed Collection, including an outstandingly beautiful close-up..

Daucus carota L. subsp. sativus (Hoffm.) Arcang.

SYNONYM(S) : Daucus carota L. var. sativa DC., Daucus carota L. subsp. sativus (Hoffm.) Arcang. var. sativus Hoffm., Daucus sativus (Hoffm.) Röhl.

ARABIC :    نبات الجزر‏

BENGALI : Gaajara.

CHINESE : Hu luo bo, Hu luo bo, Hong luo bo, Huang luo bo, Hu lu fai, Hong lu fai , Hong da gen, Yang hua luo bo, Hong cai tou.

DANISH : Gulerod, Have-gulerod, Spisegulerod, Karotter, Gullerødder.

DUTCH : Wortel, Peen.

ENGLISH : Carrot, Carrots.

FINNISH : Porkkana, Ruokaporkkana, Viljelty porkkana.

FRENCH : Carotte, Carottes.

GERMAN: Gelbe Rübe, Karotte, Karotten, Möhre, Mohrrübe, Speisemöhre, Speisemöhren.

GREEK :   Kαρότο  Karoto.

HEBREW :  גזר‬

HINDI : Gajar.

ITALIAN : Carota, Carote.

JAPANESE :   ニ ンジン  Ninjin.

KHMER : Karôt.

KOREAN : Dang geun.

MALAY : Lobak merah, Boktel.

NEPALESE : Gaajar.

NORWEGIAN : Gulrot.

PORTUGUESE : Cenoura, Cenouras.

RUSSIAN :    Морковь   Morkov',  Морковь дикая  Morkov' dikaia,   Морковь обыкновенная  Morkov' obyknovennaia.

SUNDANESE : Bortol.

SPANISH : Zanahoria, Zanahorias.

SWEDISH : Morot.

TAGALOG : Karot.

TAMIL : Karuvathu kelengu.

THAI : Khaerot.

VIETNAMESE : .

 

Photograph of seed-head by Arne Anderberg at Den Virtuella Floran.
Photograph of the range of flesh colours found in the cultivated carrots (cut roots) on CNN site.
Other shot of cut roots at World Carrot Museum as well as information on flesh colour - nutritional  value relationships (bottom of page).
Excellent shots of  whole carrots   & carrots  flesh displaying diversity at USDA *****.
More nutritional information at the World Carrot Museum, antioxidans in particular.

 

Types : Eastern type (Mostly forked, yellow, reddish, purple or black-rooted), Western garden type (Orange-rooted), Western fodder type (Yellow, purple or white-rooted).

 

Daucus carota L. subsp. sativus (Hoffm.) Arcang.   'Blanche de Kuttingen'

SYNONYM(S) :  Daucus carota L. subsp. sativus (Hoffm.) Arcang.  'Kuttingen White'

ENGLISH :   White-rooted carrot 'Blanche de Kuttingen', Swiss white carrot, White carrot.



Daucus carota L. subsp. sativus (Hoffm.) Arcang.   'Purple Dragon'  ->  Daucus carota L. subsp. sativus (Hoffm.) Arcang. var. boissieri Schweinf.


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Daucus carota L. subsp. sativus (Hoffm.) Arcang. (Large-rooted Group)

CHINESE : Si liao hu luo bo.

DANISH : Gulerødder til foder.

DUTCH : Voederwortelen.

ENGLISH : Fodder carrot.

FRENCH : Carotte fourragère.

GERMAN: Futtermöhren.

GREEK :  Kτηνοτροφικό καρότο  Ktenotrofiko karoto.

ITALIAN : Carota da foraggio.

PORTUGUESE : Cenoura forrageira.

SPANISH : Zanahoria forrajera.

 

Daucus carota L. subsp. sativus (Hoffm.) Arcang. (Large-rooted Group) 'Blanche à Collet Vert Hors de Terre'

SYNONYM(S) :  Daucus carota L. subsp. sativus (Hoffm.) Arcang.  'Blanche à Collet Vert'

ENGLISH :   French white carrot, Fodder carrot 'Blanche à Collet Vert Hors de Terre'.

FRENCH : Carotte fourragère 'Blanche à Collet Vert Hors de Terre'.


 Photograph at Graines Caillard.
Photograph au Jardin de Willemse.


Daucus carota L. subsp. sativus (Hoffm.) Arcang. (Large-rooted Group) 'Jaune Obtuse du Doubs'

SYNONYM(S) :  Daucus carota L. subsp. sativus (Hoffm.) Arcang. 'Jaune du Doubs'

ENGLISH :   French yellow carrot, Fodder carrot  'Jaune Obtuse du Doubs'.

FRENCH : Carotte fourragère 'Jaune Obtuse du Doubs'.

Note :  Heirloom / Heritage French cultivar (Vilmorin Andrieux 1885). When harvested the size of a "normal carrot" is sweet, attractive and edible.


Daucus carota L. subsp. sativus (Hoffm.) Arcang. (Large-rooted Group)  'Gelbe Lobbericher'

SYNONYM(S) :  Daucus carota L. subsp. sativus (Hoffm.) Arcang.  'Jaune de Lobberich'

ENGLISH :   German yellow carrot.

GERMAN :  Futtermöhren 'Gelbe Lobbericher',  Kiepenkerl Möhren, Lobbericher, Möhren Gelbe Lobbericher.


Photograph in Germany.


Daucus carota L. subsp. sativus (Hoffm.) Arcang. var. boissieri Schweinf.

SYNONYM(S) : Daucus carota L. cv. atrorubens Alef., Daucus carota L. subsp. sativus (Hoffm.) Arcang. cv. atrorubens Alef., Daucus carota L. subsp. sativus (Hoffm.) Arcang.   'Purple Dragon',  Daucus carota L. subsp. sativus (Hoffm.) Arcang. var. atrorubens Alef., Daucus carota L. var. atrorubens (Alef.) E. Small ,

ARABIC :   Gazar barri.

ENGLISH :   Carrot 'Purple Dragon,  Eastern carrot, Cultivated eastern carrot, Purple carrot, Red-fleshed purple-skinned carrot.

FRENCH :  Carotte sauvage.

ITALIAN :  Carota salvatica, Falso sisaro.

TURKISH :   Yabani havuç.

 

Photograph of improved modern cultivar on Burpee Seeds site.
Photograph of improved modern cultivar on Thompson & Morgan Seed Co.
Photograph of purple carrots (improved modern cultivar) at World Carrot Museum.
Photograph of a number of  whole carrots displayed at the USDA.


Daucus carota L. subsp. sativus (Hoffm.) Arcang. var. sativus Hoffm.

See Daucus carota L. subsp. sativus (Hoffm.) Arcang. for common names of cultivated carrot.

 

 

REFERENCES
General Bibliography

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REFERENCES
Complementary / Specific

 

Association Kokopelli , 2005,  Collection d'anciennes variétés potagères et florales, issues de l'agriculture biologique ou de l'agro-écologie.  < http://kokopelli.asso.fr/boutic/index.html >.  Equivalent for the French speaking world to the Seed Savers Exchange in the English speaking world. Amazing photographs but one has to look hard for them. *****

Den Virtuella Floran 1996 to 2000, Naturhistoriska Riskmuseet. Maintained by Arne Anderberg. < http://linnaeus.nrm.se/flora/welcome.html > Indexes in Swedish or Latin, Search engine available.

Mabberley D.J. 1997, The Plant-Book : a Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants, 2d Edition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.

Stolarczyk John et al. 2005, World Carrot Museum, < http://website.lineone.net/~stolarczyk/today.html#cultivated >. 

USDA, ARS, 2000, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database] National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl?daucus (11 October 2001).

van der Vossen H.A.M. & Sambas E.N. 1993, Daucus carota L., In Siemonsma J.S. & Kasem Piluek (Editors) : Plant Resources of South-East Asia N°8 . Vegetables. Pudoc Scientific Publishers, Wageningen. pp 167 - 171.

Wiersema J. H. & León B. 1999, World Economic Plants : a Standard Reference. CRC Press LLC.

Xie Zongwa & Yu Youqin (Editors), 1996, Materia Medica, Chinese Terminology, Vol. 1, Renminweisheng Publishing House Beijing, China. (Latin with authority names and Chinese-simplified, text in Chinese).

 

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