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Avena
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Avena

Avena is a genus of Eurasian and African plants in the grass family. Collectively known as the oats, they include some species which have been cultivated for thousands of years as a food source for humans and livestock. They are widespread throughout Europe, Asia and northwest Africa. Several species have become naturalized in many parts of the world, and are regarded as invasive weeds where they compete with crop production. All oats have edible seeds, though...

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13 branches of this group, most-observed first

wild oat

speciesAvena fatua

Common Oat

speciesAvena sativa

animated oat

speciesAvena sterilis

Naked Oat

speciesAvena nuda

Algerian Oat

speciesAvena byzantina

Short Oat

speciesAvena brevis

Avena murphyi

speciesAvena murphyi

Western Oat

speciesAvena occidentalis

Avena chinensis

speciesAvena chinensis

Avena magna

speciesAvena magna

Avena insularis

speciesAvena insularis

Avena volgensis

speciesAvena volgensis

Avena aemulans

speciesAvena aemulans

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Avena in Ortus sanitatis

Ortus sanitatis

1491 · p.53

Avena in Garden of Health

Garden of Health

1507 · p.44

Avena in Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.219

Avena in Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.217

Avena in De medicinali materia libri sex

De medicinali materia libri sex

Dioscorides · 1552 · p.256

Avena in Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides

Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides

Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.372

Avena in Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.357

Avena in Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.571

Avena in A New Herbal, or History of Plants

A New Herbal, or History of Plants

Rembert Dodoens (trans. Henry Lyte) · 1578 · p.492

Avena in Elements of Botany

Elements of Botany

Joseph Pitton de Tournefort · 1719 · p.48

Avena in Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden

Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden

Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.99

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