Biology:Thapsia gummifera
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Short description: Species of plant in the family Apiaceae
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Genus: | Thapsia |
| Species: | T. gummifera
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| Thapsia gummifera | |
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Thapsia gummifera (Desf.) Spreng." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/849328-1.
- ↑ 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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