Gomphopetalum Turczaninow.

Herbs, perennial. Stem hollow, ribbed. Petiole sheaths inflated; leaf blade 2–3-ternate-pinnate. Umbels compound, terminal and lateral; bracts few, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate; bracteoles several, linear to linear-lanceolate. Calyx teeth conspicuous, triangular or ovate. Fruit oblong-ovoid, base cordate, flattened dorsally; surface covered with many convex and shining dots; dorsal ribs prominent, the lateral broadly thin-winged; vittae 1–3 in each furrow, 2–8 on commissure; mesocarp thin, hollow in mature fruit. Seed face plane. Carpophore 2-cleft to base.

Ostericum is closely allied to Angelica; see the taxonomic comment under that genus.

About ten species: C and E Asia, E Europe; seven species (three endemic) in China.

(Authors: Pan Zehui (潘泽惠); Mark F. Watson)