Ferula assa-foetida

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q111185
Ferula assa-foetida
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Summary

Ferula assa-foetida is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,658 views/month, #1,500 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: parivyaya[3], medicinal plant[4]
  • Taxon rank: species[5]
  • Parent taxon: Ferula[6]
  • Taxon name: Ferula assa-foetida[7]
  • Commons category: Ferula assa-foetida[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ferula assa-foetida[9]
  • Commons gallery: Ferula assa-foetida[10]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[11]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=16603[12]
  • This taxon is source of: asafoetida[13]
  • Short name: F. assa-foetida[14]
  • Taxon common name: Asafoetida[15], Pirunkeltaputki[16], 阿魏[17]
  • Different from: Anjeh[18]

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Identifiers

Ferula assa-foetida's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 790227[19]. Ferula assa-foetida's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 52471[20]. Ferula assa-foetida's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 482107[21]. Ferula assa-foetida's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3034685[22]. Ferula assa-foetida's ITIS TSN is recorded as 505943[23].

Why It Matters

Ferula assa-foetida has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 88 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Species Plantarum. 1st Edition, Volume 1. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [20] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [23] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [22] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . A dataset on catalogue of alien plants in China. wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → taxon, parivyaya, medicinal plant
    Parent taxon → Ferula
    Local thumb → —
    Taxon rank → species
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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