Ferula foetida

Ferula foetida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Apiaceae
Genus:	Ferula
Species:	F. foetida
Binomial name
	Ferula foetida; (Bunge) Regel
Synonyms
	Ferula scorodosma Bentley & Trimen; Scorodosma foetidum Bunge;

Ferula foetida is a species of Ferula native to Central Asia (Kyzylkum Desert, Karakum Desert, Turkmenistan), Eastern Iran, western Afghanistan and western Pakistan.^[2] It is the most widely distibuted species that produces asafoetida.^[2] It is often mistaken for the Southern Iranian species F. assa-foetida,^[2] for example, in Flora of the U.S.S.R. and Flora of Pakistan.^[3]^[4]

References[edit]

^ "Ferula foetida (Bunge) Regel". Plants of the World Online. Kew Science. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
^ ^a ^b ^c Chamberlain, David F (1977). "The identity of Ferula assa-foetida L." Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. 35 (2): 229–233.
^ Shishkin, B. K. (1974) [1951]. Flora of the U.S.S.R. Vol. 17. Translated by Lavoott, R. Edited by Lorch, J. Jerusalem: Israel Program for Scientific Translations. p. 52. ISBN 0-7065-1299-5.
^ "Ferula assa-foetida L." Flora of Pakistan. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2021-05-20.

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