Polypodium
Polypodium is a genus of cnidarians that parasitizes in the eggs of sturgeon and similar fishes (Acipenseridae and Polyodontidae). It is one of the few metazoans (animals) that live inside the cells of other animals.
1 branches of this genus, most-observed first
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Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Latin Herbal
1484 · p.217
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.813
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1464
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1465
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.245
Herbarius
1485 · p.218
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.342
Herbal of Virtues
1499 · p.217
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.246
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.622
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.620
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.612
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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 474018.