| Fennel
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| Fennel in flower
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom:
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Plantae
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| Clade:
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Angiosperms
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| Clade:
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Eudicots
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| Clade:
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Asterids
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| Order:
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Apiales
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| Family:
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Apiaceae
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| Genus:
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Foeniculum
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| Species:
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F. vulgare
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| Binomial name
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Foeniculum vulgare
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| Synonyms[1]
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Synonymy
- Anethum dulce DC.
- Anethum foeniculum L.
- Anethum minus Gouan
- Anethum panmori Roxb.
- Anethum panmorium Roxb. ex Fleming
- Anethum piperitum Ucria
- Anethum rupestre Salisb.
- Foeniculum azoricum Mill.
- Foeniculum capillaceum Gilib.
- Foeniculum divaricatum Griseb.
- Foeniculum dulce Mill.
- Foeniculum foeniculum (L.) H.Karst.
- Foeniculum giganteum Lojac.
- Foeniculum officinale All.
- Foeniculum panmorium (Roxb.) DC.
- Foeniculum piperitum C.Presl
- Foeniculum rigidum Brot. ex Steud.
- Ligusticum foeniculum (L.) Roth
- Ligusticum foeniculum (L.) Crantz
- Meum foeniculum (L.) Spreng.
- Meum piperitum Schult.
- Ozodia foeniculacea Wight & Arn.
- Selinum foeniculum E.H.L.Krause
- Seseli dulce Koso-Pol.
- Seseli foeniculum Koso-Pol.
- Seseli piperitum Koso-Pol.
- Tenoria romana Schkuhr ex Spreng.
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Fennel has edible seeds, leaves, shoots, and in bulb-forming varieties, the bulbs, which are the main edible vegetable produced by those varieties.
References
Acknowledgements
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