The document summarizes key information about the Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) plant family. It discusses that the family is characterized by having umbel inflorescences and includes about 200 genera and 2900 species. The family is cosmopolitan but mostly found in temperate regions and some tropical areas. Members are generally herbs but can also be shrubs or undershrubs. They have alternate, dissected leaves and umbel inflorescences that can be simple or compound. Flowers are small and bisexual with 5 sepals, 5 petals, 5 stamens, and a bicarpellate, syncarpous ovary. Fruits split into two mericarps each containing a seed