Biology:Thapsia gummifera

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Short description: Species of plant in the family Apiaceae

Thapsia gummifera
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In bloom in Portugal
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Thapsia
Species:
T. gummifera
Binomial name
Thapsia gummifera
Synonyms[1]
  • Laserpitium gummiferum Desf.
  • Margotia gummifera (Desf.) Lange
  • Margotia laserpitioides Boiss.

Thapsia gummifera (syn. Margotia gummifera) is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to the western Mediterranean; Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia.[1] It has been proposed as a candidate for the plant known in antiquity as silphium and gone extinct in Libya in the 5th century.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Thapsia gummifera (Desf.) Spreng." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/849328-1. 
  2. Amigues, Suzanne (2004). "Le silphium - État de la question" (in fr). Journal des Savants 2 (1): 191–226. doi:10.3406/jds.2004.1685. 

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