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This is a monograph on Fleischmann's parsnip (Pastinaca fleischmanni), which differs from the common parsnip for its double feathery leaves, the shape and serration of leaves and, partially, also by the colour of leaves, which is a somewhat darker green than that of the common parsnip. Other than its habitat at Ljubljana Castle, where the plant grew from 1819 to around 1835, no other habitat was found for the plant. There is no uniform opinion about its emergence. Some claim that the plant emerged as a hereditary change (a mutation) at the Ljubljana Botanical Gardens, while others believe that it in fact grew at the Ljubljana Castle. This book describes the plant's history and the biological characteristics of this plant.
Introduction 9
Fleischmann’s parsnip is discovered on the Ljubljana Castle 11
Records on Fleischmann’s parsnip from 1840 to 1945 21
Pastinaca fleischmanni in foreign gardens before the publication of the first seed index 35
Pastinaca fleischmanni in seed indexes – Index Seminum (1888–1897) 37
Records on Fleischmann’s parsnip from 1945 to 2017 43
Common Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa L.) 57
Slovenian common names for parsnip 61
Parsnip and its use 63
Morphological description of Fleischmann’s parsnip 71
Morphological and anatomical peculiarities and differences between Fleischmann’s parsnip and common parsnip (summarised from Sušnik & Druškovič 1968) 75
Cytology of parsnip and Fleischmann’s parsnip 81
Fleischmann’s parsnip is a Slovenian endemic 83
The Red List classifies Fleischmann’s parsnip as extinct 85
Fleischmann’s parsnip in the University Botanic Gardens Ljubljana in the last twenty years 89
Fleischmann’s parsnip in public 95
Matjaž Kmecl about Fleischmann’s parsnip 101
Conclusion 103
Notes 105
Acknowledgements 113
Sources 116
Literature 118
Subject index 125
Index images 127
