Borscht (Heracleum

L.) - the type of biennial or perenni al plant of the family selerowatych. This includes about 60 speci es and subspecies (depending on taxonomic interpretation). Typica l species is Heracleum sphondylium No. [1]. Sphondylium Mill. Clu ster Plantae (Magnoliophyta Cronquist), subclass Magnoliophyta amp Frohne, U. Jensen ex Reveal Batsch class Magnoliopsida Subclassis Dereniowa (Cornidae amp Frohne, U. Jensen ex Reveal), genus Aralianae Takht., The government Apiales (Araliales Reveal), family Apiaceae (Apiaceae Lindl.