Editing Conium (section)

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants in the celery family Apiaceae}}
{{For|the town of ancient Phrygia|Conium (Phrygia)}}
{{distinguish|Copium}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Conium.jpg
| image_caption = ''Conium maculatum''
| taxon = Conium
| authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = [[#Species|See text]].
}}

'''''Conium''''' ({{IPAc-en|k|oʊ|ˈ|n|aɪ|.|ə|m}} or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|oʊ|n|i|ə|m}}) is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Apiaceae]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Apiaceae {{!}} plant family|url=https://www.britannica.com/plant/Apiaceae|access-date=2020-12-03|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref> {{As of|2020|December}}, [[Plants of the World Online]] accepts six species.<ref name=POWO_39839-1/>

All species of the genus are poisonous to humans. ''C. maculatum'', also known as hemlock, is infamous for being highly poisonous. Hemlock is native to temperate regions of Europe, North Africa and Western Asia. The species ''C. chaerophylloides'', ''C. fontanum'', and ''C. sphaerocarpum'' are all native to southern Africa.