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Cicer
Cicer is a genus of the legume family, Fabaceae, and the only genus found in tribe Cicereae. It is included within the IRLC, and its native distribution is across the Middle East and Asia. Its best-known and only domesticated member is Cicer arietinum, the chickpea.
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.587
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.122
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.301
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.299
On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.257
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.681
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.265
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.364
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.588
A New Herbal, or History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens (trans. Henry Lyte) · 1578 · p.503
A New Herbal, or History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens (trans. Henry Lyte) · 1578 · p.502
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.536
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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 1693549.