“芹”及其相关植物的原植物研究

为了研究中国传统文化中的“芹”对应的植物原型，理清该类植物的分类状况，对在历代典籍文献中记载的与“芹”有关的植物名称进行归纳整理，结合对现代相关类群的了解与认识，采用比较形态学的方法对这些植物进行研究。结果表明：（1）从古至今，有关记载中与“芹”这一名称有关的植物名称共有15个，确定了其中9个名称对应的原植物的科学名称；（2）中国先民在认识“芹”类植物的时候，关注的主要性状是根的色彩，并首次提出原因，认为是受到属于现代分类群中伞形目名贵药用植物人参的影响；（3）这类植物的种子体积较小，在中国先民的相关研究及描述中常被忽视。

Original Plants of Celery and Its Corresponding Plants

In order to study the original plants of ‘celery’ in Chinese traditional culture and make clear the classification of ‘celery’, the names of ‘celery’ related plants in ancient books and records were sorted out, ‘celery’ plants were studied in combining with the modern related monoid knowledge by the method of comparative morphology. The results showed that (1) there were 15 names related to ‘celery’ recorded in the historical literatures in all ages, 9 of them were given the scientific name; (2) the authors first put forward that the feature of root color was paid more attention when ancestors knew ‘celery’, indicating that the ancestors knowledge on ‘celery’ was deeply influenced by rare medical plant ‘ginseng’ in Umbellales in modern plant classification system; (3) volumes of ‘celery’ seeds were so small that they might be ignored by Chinese ancestors when they observed and described such plants.