A-to-Z List Essential Oils from the Apiaceae Family of Plants:

Apiaceae or Umbelliferae is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants named after the type genus Apium and commonly known as the celery, carrot or parsley family, or simply as umbellifers.

This is a cosmopolitan family with increased diversity in temperate regions, particularly in the northern hemisphere. Within southern Africa, the Western Cape and the eastern escarpment show the highest diversity in species. It is mostly herbaceous annuals, also biennials or perennial herbs and trees. Many species have basal rosettes but others may be stoloniferous or even cushion plants. This family is an important food source as the leaves, stems and roots are utilized, e.g. carrots (*Daucus carota). Many are used as culinary herbs, e.g. parsley (*Petroselinum crispum) or as spices, e.g. coriander (*Coriandrum sativum). Many species have herbal and medicinal properties and the essential oils of some are used in the perfume industry. Some genera (*Eryngium, *Astrantia, Bupleurum and *Ammi) are cultivated for the flower industry and others as ornamentals for their architectural inflorescences.

Scientific Classification:

  1. Domain: Eukarya – organisms with membraine-bound nucleuses
  2. Kingdom: Plantae – plants, Planta, Vegetal, plants
  3. Phylum: Tracheophyta – vascular plants, tracheophytes
  4. Class: Magnoliopsida
  5. Order: Apiales
  6. Family: Apiaceae

Direct Children of Apiaceae by Genus:

  • Aciphylla
  • Acronema
  • Actinolema
  • Actinotus
  • Adenosciadium
  • Aegokeras
  • Aegopodium
  • Aethusa
  • Afroligusticum
  • Afrosciadium
  • Afrosison
  • Agasyllis
  • Ainsworthia
  • Alepidea
  • Aletes
  • Ammi
  • Ammodaucus
  • Ammoides
  • Ammoselinum
  • Andriana
  • Anethum
  • Angelica
  • Anginon
  • Angoseseli
  • Anisopoda
  • Anisosciadium
  • Anisotome
  • Annesorhiza
  • Anthriscus
  • Aphanopleura
  • Apiastrum
  • Apiopetalum
  • Apium
  • Apodicarpum
  • Arafoe
  • Arctopus
  • Arcuatopterus
  • Arracacia
  • Artedia
  • Asciadium
  • Asteriscium
  • Astomaea
  • Astrantia
  • Astrodaucus
  • Astydamia
  • Athamanta
  • Atrema
  • Aulacospermum
  • Aulospermum
  • Austropeucedanum
  • Autumnalia
  • Azilia
  • Azorella
  • Berula
  • Bifora
  • Bilacunaria
  • Billburttia
  • Bolax
  • Bonannia
  • Bowlesia
  • Brachyscias
  • Bubon
  • Bunium
  • Bupleurum
  • Cachrys
  • Calyptrosciadium
  • Canaria
  • Cannaboides
  • Capnophyllum
  • Carlesia
  • Caropodium
  • Caropsis
  • Carum
  • Caucalis
  • Cenolophium
  • Centella
  • Cephalopodum
  • Cervaria
  • Chaerophyllopsis
  • Chaerophyllum
  • Chamaesciadium
  • Chamaesium
  • Chamarea
  • Changium
  • Chlaenosciadium
  • Choritaenia
  • Chuanminshen
  • Chymsydia
  • Cicuta
  • Cnidium
  • Coaxana
  • Conioselinum
  • Conium
  • Conopodium
  • Coriandrum
  • Coristospermum
  • Cortia
  • Cortiella
  • Cotopaxia
  • Coulterophytum
  • Crithmum
  • Cryptotaenia
  • Cuminum
  • Cyathoselinum
  • Cyclorhiza
  • Cyclospermum
  • Cymbocarpum
  • Cymopterus
  • Cynapium
  • Cynorhiza
  • Cynosciadium
  • Dahliaphyllum
  • Dasispermum
  • Daucosma
  • Daucus
  • Dethawia
  • Deverra
  • Dichoropetalum
  • Dichosciadium
  • Dickinsia
  • Dicyclophora
  • Dimorphosciadium
  • Diplaspis
  • Diplolophium
  • Diplotaenia
  • Diposis
  • Domeykoa
  • Donnellsmithia
  • Dracosciadium
  • Drusa
  • Ducrosia
  • Dystaenia
  • Echinophora
  • Ekimia
  • Elaeosticta
  • Eleutherospermum
  • Elwendia
  • Enantiophylla
  • Endressia
  • Epikeros
  • Eremocharis
  • Eremodaucus
  • Ergocarpon
  • Erigenia
  • Eriosynaphe
  • Eryngium
  • Eurytaenia
  • Exoacantha
  • Ezosciadium
  • Falcaria
  • Fergania
  • Ferula
  • Ferulago
  • Ferulopsis
  • Foeniculum
  • Frommia
  • Froriepia
  • Fuernrohria
  • Galagania
  • Gasparrinia
  • Geocaryum
  • Gingidia
  • Glaucosciadium
  • Glehnia
  • Glia
  • Glochidotheca
  • Gongylosciadium
  • Gongylotaxis
  • Grafia
  • Grammosciadium
  • Gymnophyton
  • Halosciastrum
  • Haloselinum
  • Hansenia
  • Haplosciadium
  • Harbouria
  • Harperella
  • Harrysmithia
  • Haussknechtia
  • Hellenocarum
  • Helosciadium
  • Heptaptera
  • Heracleum
  • Hermas
  • Heteromorpha
  • Hippomarathrum
  • Hladnikia
  • Hohenackeria
  • Homalocarpus
  • Homalosciadium
  • Horstrissea
  • Hyalolaena
  • Hydrocotyle
  • Hymenidium
  • Hymenolaena
  • Imperatoria
  • Itasina
  • Johrenia
  • Kadenia
  • Kafirnigania
  • Kailashia
  • Kalakia
  • Kandaharia
  • Karatavia
  • Karnataka
  • Katapsuxis
  • Kedarnatha
  • Kelussia
  • Keraymonia
  • Kitagawia
  • Klotzschia
  • Komarovia
  • Korshinskia
  • Kozlovia
  • Krubera
  • Kundmannia
  • Kuramosciadium
  • Ladyginia
  • Lagoecia
  • Lalldhwojia
  • Laser
  • Laserocarpum
  • Laserpitium
  • Lecokia
  • Ledebouriella
  • Lefebvrea
  • Leiotulus
  • Leutea
  • Levisticum
  • Lichtensteinia
  • Lignocarpa
  • Ligusticopsis
  • Ligusticum
  • Lilaeopsis
  • Limnosciadium
  • Lipskya
  • Lisaea
  • Lithosciadium
  • Lomatium
  • Lomatocarpa
  • Lomatocarum
  • Mackinlaya
  • Macroselinum
  • Magadania
  • Magydaris
  • Marlothiella
  • Mastigosciadium
  • Mathiasella
  • Mediasia
  • Meeboldia
  • Melanosciadium
  • Meum
  • Micropleura
  • Microsciadium
  • Modesciadium
  • Mogoltavia
  • Molopospermum
  • Musineon
  • Mutellina
  • Myrrhidendron
  • Myrrhis
  • Nanobubon
  • Naufraga
  • Neogoezia
  • Neomuretia
  • Neonelsonia
  • Neoparrya
  • Niphogeton
  • Nirarathamnos
  • Normantha
  • Nothosmyrnium
  • Notiosciadium
  • Notobubon
  • Oedibasis
  • Oenanthe
  • Oligocladus
  • Oliveria
  • Opopanax
  • Oreocome
  • Oreocomopsis
  • Oreonana
  • Oreoschimperella
  • Oreoselinum
  • Oreoxis
  • Orlaya
  • Ormopterum
  • Ormosciadium
  • Ormosolenia
  • Orumbella
  • Oschatzia
  • Osmorhiza
  • Ostericum
  • Ottoa
  • Oxypolis
  • Pachypleurum
  • Palimbia
  • Paraligusticum
  • Parapimpinella
  • Paraselinum
  • Parasilaus
  • Pastinaca
  • Pastinacopsis
  • Paulita
  • Pedinopetalum
  • Pentapeltis
  • Perideridia
  • Perissocoeleum
  • Petagnaea
  • Petroedmondia
  • Petroselinum
  • Peucedanum
  • Phellolophium
  • Phlojodicarpus
  • Phlyctidocarpa
  • Physospermopsis
  • Physospermum
  • Physotrichia
  • Pilopleura
  • Pimpinella
  • Pinda
  • Platysace
  • Pleurospermopsis
  • Pleurospermum
  • Podistera
  • Polemannia
  • Polemanniopsis
  • Polytaenia
  • Polyzygus
  • Postiella
  • Pozoa
  • Prangos
  • Prionosciadium
  • Psammogeton
  • Pseudocannaboides
  • Pseudocarum
  • Pseudocymopterus
  • Pseudoridolfia
  • Pseudoselinum
  • Pseudotrachydium
  • Pternopetalum
  • Pterocyclus
  • Pteroselinum
  • Pterygopleurum
  • Pteryxia
  • Ptilimnium
  • Ptychotis
  • Pycnocycla
  • Pyramidoptera
  • Registaniella
  • Rhabdosciadium
  • Rhodosciadium
  • Rhopalosciadium
  • Rhysopterus
  • Ridolfia
  • Rivasmartinezia
  • Rohmooa
  • Rumia
  • Rupiphila
  • Rutheopsis
  • Sajanella
  • Sanicula
  • Saposhnikovia
  • Scaligeria
  • Scandia
  • Scandix
  • Scaraboides
  • Schoenolaena
  • Schoenoselinum
  • Schrenkia
  • Schtschurowskia
  • Schulzia
  • Sclerochorton
  • Sclerosciadium
  • Sclerotiaria
  • Scrithacola
  • Selinopsis
  • Selinum
  • Semenovia
  • Seseli
  • Seselopsis
  • Shoshonea
  • Siculosciadium
  • Silaum
  • Siler
  • Sillaphyton
  • Silphiodaucus
  • Sinocarum
  • Sinodielsia
  • Sinolimprichtia
  • Sison
  • Sium
  • Sivadasania
  • Smyrniopsis
  • Smyrnium
  • Spananthe
  • Spermolepis
  • Sphaenolobium
  • Sphaerosciadium
  • Sphallerocarpus
  • Spuriopimpinella
  • Stefanoffia
  • Steganotaenia
  • Stenocoelium
  • Stenosemis
  • Stenotaenia
  • Stewartiella
  • Stoibrax
  • Synclinostyles
  • Synelcosciadium
  • Szovitsia
  • Taenidia
  • Taeniopetalum
  • Tamamschjanella
  • Tamamschjania
  • Tana
  • Tauschia
  • Tetrataenium
  • Thamnosciadium
  • Thapsia
  • Thaspium
  • Thecocarpus
  • Thysselinum
  • Tiedemannia
  • Tilingia
  • Todaroa
  • Tommasinia
  • Tongoloa
  • Tordyliopsis
  • Tordylium
  • Torilis
  • Trachydium
  • Trachymene
  • Trachyspermum
  • Trepocarpus
  • Tricholaser
  • Trigonosciadium
  • Trinia
  • Trocdaris
  • Trochiscanthes
  • Tschulaktavia
  • Turgenia
  • Vanasushava
  • Vesper
  • Vicatia
  • Villarrealia
  • Vinogradovia
  • Visnaga
  • Vvedenskya
  • Wangsania
  • Xanthogalum
  • Xanthoselinum
  • Xanthosia
  • Xatardia
  • Xyloselinum
  • Yabea
  • Yildirimlia
  • Zeravschania
  • Zizia
  • Zosima
  • Ajowain

    Ajowain

    (Trachyspermum ammi)

    Aroma Description: Astringent, Earthy, Fresh, Green, Herbaceous, Medicinal, Very Spicy, Strong, Warm

  • Angelica Root

    Angelica Root

    (Angelica archangelica)

    Aroma Description: Cool, Exotic, Fresh, Rich, Peppery, Woody, Rich Earthy, and Herbaceous with peppery top notes and clean spicy, musky back notes.

  • Anise

    Anise

    (Pimpinella anisum)

    Aroma Description: Distinctive scent of licorice. Rich and sweet.

  • Caraway

    Caraway

    (Carum carvi)

    Aroma Description: Caraway Seed Essential Oil smells sweet, spicy, herbaceous and fruity.

  • Carrot Seed

    Carrot Seed

    (Daucus carota)

    Aroma Description: Carrot Seed Essential Oil smells earthy, woody and warm. It is considered harsh/unpleasant by some.

  • Coriander

    Coriander

    (Coriandrum sativum)

    Aroma Description: exotic, fresh, lemony, sensual, slightly spicy, warm, herbaceous, woody and slightly fruity

  • Cumin

    Cumin

    (Cuminum cyminum)

    Aroma Description: Cumin Essential Oil smells spicy, masculine, sensual and earthy.

  • Dill Seed

    Dill Seed

    (Anethum graveolens)

    Aroma Description: Dill Seed Essential Oil smells fresh, sweet, herbaceous and slightly earthy.

  • Fennel

    Fennel

    (Foeniculum vulgare)

    Aroma Description: Earthy, Exotic, Fresh, Pungent, Strong, Sweet

  • Galbanum

    Galbanum

    (Ferula gummosa)

    Aroma Description: Galbanum Essential Oil possesses an intensely green, fresh leafy odor with a dry woody back-note of balsamic, bark- like character.

  • Khella

    Khella

    (Visnaga daucoides)

    Aroma Description: Cool, Earthy, Fresh, Slightly sweet, Soft

  • Parsley

    Parsley

    (Petroselinum crispum)

    Aroma Description: Parsley Seed Essential Oil smells herbaceous, green and slightly woody.