Ferula foetida

Species of plant

Not to be confused with Ferula assa-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[1]

* 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]

* Plants

* Basal leaves

* Stem

* Compound inflorescence

* Umbels

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Ferula foetida (Bunge) Regel". Plants of the World Online. Kew Science. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ "Ferula assa-foetida L." Flora of Pakistan. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2021-05-20.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q15577798
* Wikispecies: Ferula foetida
* CoL: 6HS3T
* EoL: 11270166
* GBIF: 7704723
* GRIN: 102100
* IPNI: 842277-1
* IRMNG: 10457402
* ITIS: 513516
* NCBI: 371345
* PfaF: Ferula foetida
* Plant List: kew-2808419
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:842277-1
* Tropicos: 1700096
* WFO: wfo-0000686557

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