silphium

extinct plant
Taxon extinct_species Q1570745
silphium
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silphium

Summary

silphium is an extinct species[1]. silphium draws 2,611 Wikipedia views per month (extinct_species category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • silphium's image is recorded as Silphium.jpg[3].
  • silphium's instance of is recorded as extinct species[4].
  • silphium's instance of is recorded as plant[5].
  • silphium's subclass of is recorded as Ferula[6].
  • silphium's subclass of is recorded as medicinal plant[7].
  • silphium's Commons category is recorded as Silphium (ancient plant)[8].
  • silphium's said to be the same as is recorded as Ferula drudeana[9].
  • silphium's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 36066[10].
  • silphium's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01rx3x[11].
  • silphium's described at URL is recorded as https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/miracle-plant-eaten-extinction-2000-years-ago-silphion?utm_source=pocket-newtab-global-en-GB[12].
  • silphium's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[13].
  • silphium's different from is recorded as Silpium[14].
  • silphium's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2776429024[15].
  • silphium's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2909096003[16].

Why It Matters

silphium draws 2,611 Wikipedia views per month (extinct_species category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] silphium has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] silphium is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Next Chapter in the Legend of Silphion: Preliminary Morphological, Chemical, Biological and Pharmacological Evaluations, Initial Conservation Studies, and Reassessment of the Regional Extinction Event. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . nationalgeographic.com. Retrieved . nationalgeographic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). silphium. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/silphium
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_silphium_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{silphium}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/silphium}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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