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submitted 3 months ago by Maroon@lemmy.world to c/askscience@lemmy.world

I came across the Silphium plant that went extinct around 64 AD. It is believe that emperor Nero was to have eaten the last known stalk!

It surprised me that such a valuable plant was not cultivated through agriculture.

Are there other plants that we know to have literally eaten out of existence?

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[-] Maroon@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Oh I did read that, I just felt it was too speculative and took that with a grain of salt. The roman empire was vast and found it odd that in across the vast geographies, they were simply unable to grow the crop.

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