Biology:Thapsia gummifera

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Short description: Species of plant in the family Apiaceae

Thapsia gummifera
Margotia gummifera reduced.jpg
In bloom in Portugal
Flora Atlantica, sive, Historia plantarum quae in Atlante, agro Tunetano et Algeriensi crescunt (Plate 72) (7455987212).jpg
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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