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Kermes
Kermes is a genus of scale insects in the order Hemiptera. They feed on the sap of evergreen oaks; the females produce a red dye, also called "kermes", that is the source of natural crimson. The word "kermes" is derived from Arabic qirmiz (قرمز), "crimson" (both the colour and the dyestuff).
13 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Mediterranean Scale
speciesKermes ilicis
English Oak Kermes
speciesKermes roboris
Kermes vermilio
speciesKermes vermilio
striped kermes
speciesKermes quercus
Kermes cockerelli
speciesKermes cockerelli
Kermes shastensis
speciesKermes shastensis
Sasscer's Kermes
speciesKermes sassceri
chestnut oak kermes
speciesKermes prinus
Kermes gibbosus
speciesKermes gibbosus
Kermes sylvestris
speciesKermes sylvestris
Pearl-Like Kermes
speciesKermes bacciformis
Kermes corticalis
speciesKermes corticalis
Kermes pettiti
speciesKermes pettiti
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
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.42
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.619
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1202
Discourses on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Dioscorides; Pietro Andrea Mattioli (comm.) · 1568 · p.1266
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.36
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.363
In the stacks
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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 49026.