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Laburnums
Laburnum
Laburnum, sometimes called golden chain or golden rain, is a genus of two species of small trees in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae. The species are Laburnum anagyroides—common laburnum and Laburnum alpinum—alpine laburnum. They are native to the mountains of southern Europe from France to the Balkans.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Common Laburnum
speciesLaburnum anagyroides
Alpine Laburnum
speciesLaburnum alpinum
Hybrid Laburnum
hybridLaburnum × watereri
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
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.305
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.634
History of Plants in Four Books
Valerius Cordus · 1561 · p.395
A New Herbal, or History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens (trans. Henry Lyte) · 1578 · p.766
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.794
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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 51811.