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Oppia
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Oppia

Oppia was a Vestal Virgin in ancient Rome. In 483 BC, following a series of portents, and advice from the soothsayers that the religious ceremonies were not being duly attended to, she was found guilty of a breach of chastity and buried alive.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Oppia nitens

speciesOppia nitens

Oppia mexicana

speciesOppia mexicana

Oppia setifer

speciesOppia setifer

Oppia seminuda

speciesOppia seminuda

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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 249696.