Ferula assa-foetida

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Not to be confused with assa-foetida or Ferula foetida.

Ferula assa-foetida
The first botanical illustration of
Ferula assa-foetida (1712)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Ferula
Species:
F. assa-foetida
Binomial name
Ferula assa-foetida
Synonyms[1]
  • Ferula foetida St.-Lag.
  • Narthex polakii Stapf
  • Narthex silphium Oerst.
  • Peucedanum assa-foetida (L.) Baill.
  • Peucedanum hooshee (Lindl. ex Descourt.) Baill.
  • Scorodosma assa-foetida (L.) H.Karst.

Ferula assa-foetida is a species of Ferula endemic to Southern Iran.[1] It is a source of asafoetida, but not the main source, although many sources claim so. The production of asafoetida from this species is confined to Southern Iran, especially the area near Lar.[2][3][4]

Outside its native range, other asafoetida-producing species are often misidentified as F. assa-foetida.[5] For example, F. foetida is mistaken for F. assa-foetida in Flora of the U.S.S.R. and Flora of Pakistan.[6][7] In a molecular phylogenetic study, all the plant samples of F. assa-foetida collected in Central Iran were not the true species, but F. alliacea and F. gabrielii or their close relatives instead.[8] Chemical analyses of asafoetida samples obtained from local markets in Eastern Iran also showed that asafoetida-producing species there were F. lutensis, F. foetida, F. alliacea, etc., instead of F. assa-foetida.[2][3]

F. pseudalliacea and F. rubricaulis are endemic to western and southwestern Iran and are sometimes considered conspecific with F. assa-foetida.[5]

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