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Mila
Mila caespitosa is a species of cacti (family Cactaceae) and the only species of the genus Mila. Its generic name is an anagram of Lima, Peru. The genus was first thought to comprise 13 species, until recent studies suggest they form one very variable species.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Louis Renard — Poissons, ecrevisses et crabes (1754)
Louis Renard · 1754 · p.218
The Numeral Playing Cards of the Master of Playing Cards
Meister der Spielkarten · 1909 · p.44
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.105
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 7 (1686)
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.39
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 7 (1686)
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.46
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 4 (1686)
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.50
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 8 (1686)
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.42
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 1 (1686)
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1687 · p.45
Kinpu: An Illustrated Manual of Fungi (vol. 1)
Sakamoto Kōnen · 1835 · p.4
Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 21)
吳其濬 · 1848 · p.101
Kojiki (Records of Ancient Matters)
Tsukamoto Tetsuzō · 1915 · p.3
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.688
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Mila 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 440675.