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Adonis
In Greek mythology, Adonis (Ancient Greek: Ἄδωνις, romanized: Adōnis; Phoenician: 𐤀𐤃𐤍, romanized: ʾAdón, ) was the mortal lover of the goddesses Aphrodite and Persephone. He was considered to be the ideal of male beauty in classical antiquity.
10 branches of this group, most-observed first
Summer Pheasant's-eye
speciesAdonis aestivalis
Pheasant's-eye
speciesAdonis annua
Yellow Pheasant's-eye
speciesAdonis microcarpa
Scarlet Pheasant's-eye
speciesAdonis flammea
Adonis dentata
speciesAdonis dentata
Adonis palaestina
speciesAdonis palaestina
Adonis cretica
speciesAdonis cretica
Adonis scrobiculata
speciesAdonis scrobiculata
Adonis eriocalycina
speciesAdonis eriocalycina
Adonis aleppica
speciesAdonis aleppica
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1078
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.354
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.348
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.347
Maria Sibylla Merian — Der rupsen begin, voedzel en wonderbaare verandering (1712)
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1717 · p.273
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Adonis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1673518.