Ferula sp. nov. 'Cyrene'
Silphium
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
A hypothetical taxon
Conservation Status
A hypothetical taxon
Last record: uncertain, but possibly Roman times (Wikipedia)
Distribution
North Africa? Europe?
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Amigues, Suzanne. (2004). Le silphium - État de la question [Silphium - State of the art]. Journal des Savants 2(1): 191-226. (in French)
Andrews, Alfred C. (1941). The Silphium of the Ancients: A Lesson in Crop Control. Isis 33(2): 232-236.
Applebaum, S. (1979). Jews and Greeks in ancient Cyrene. Leiden: Brill.
Domina, Gianniantonio, Bazan, Giuseppe, Campisi, Patrizia and Greuter, Werner. (2015). Taxonomy and conservation in Higher Plants and Bryophytes in the Mediterranean Area. Biodiversity Journal 6(1): 197-204.
Parejko, K. (2003). Pliny the Elder’s Silphium: First recorded species extinction. Conservation Biology 17: 925-927. doi:10.1046/j.1523-1739.2003.02067.x
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silphium