Global InformationFerula drudeana information
| Ferula drudeana | |
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| Pimenov's 1996 specimen | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Genus: | Ferula |
| Species: | F. drudeana
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| Binomial name | |
| Ferula drudeana Korovin
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Ferula drudeana is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to the Central Taurus Mountains area of Turkey.[1] It has been proposed as a candidate for the fabled silphium plant of antiquity.[2] It is known from only three locations in Turkey, all[verification needed] sites of longstanding villages.[3]
- ^ "Ferula drudeana Korovin". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ Grescoe, Taras (23 September 2022). "This miracle plant was eaten into extinction 2,000 years ago—or was it?". National Geographic. Archived from the original on September 23, 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ Miski, Mahmut (2021). "Next Chapter in the Legend of Silphion: Preliminary Morphological, Chemical, Biological and Pharmacological Evaluations, Initial Conservation Studies, and Reassessment of the Regional Extinction Event". Plants. 10 (1): 102. doi:10.3390/plants10010102. PMC 7825337. PMID 33418989.