Las Apiaceae, anterior y tradicionalmente llamadas Umbelífereae, son una familia de plantas herbáceas y arbustos fanerógamas perteneciente al orden de las apiales.Esta familia está constituida por unos 440 géneros y más de 3500 especies extendidas por todo el mundo, aunque son poco frecuentes en zonas tropicales, desérticas y en Australia.

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The Apiaceae or Umbelliferae, commonly known as the celery, carrot or parsley family, are a family of mostly aromatic plants with hollow stems. The family, which is named after the type genus Apium, is large, with more than 3,700 species spread across 434 genera; it is the 16th-largest family of flowering plants. Included in this family are the well-known plants: angelica, anise, arracacha, asafoetida, caraway, carrot, celery, Centella asiatica, chervil, cicely, coriander (cilantro), culantro, cumin, dill, fennel, hemlock, lovage, cow parsley, parsley, parsnip, cow parsnip, sea holly, giant hogweed and silphium (a plant whose identity is unclear and which may be extinct).

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