ashes
Fraxinus
Fraxinus /ˈfræksɪnəs/, English name ash, is a genus of flowering plants in the olive and lilac family, Oleaceae. It contains 45–65 species of usually medium to large trees, mostly deciduous though a few subtropical species are evergreen. The genus is widespread across much of Europe, Asia and North America.
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Melioides
sectionMelioides
Fraxinus
sectionFraxinus
Ornus
sectionOrnus
Dipetalae
sectionDipetalae
Pauciflorae
sectionPauciflorae
Sciadanthus
sectionSciadanthus
Fraxinus raibocarpa
speciesFraxinus raibocarpa
Fraxinus pringlei
speciesFraxinus pringlei
Fraxinus reflexiflora
speciesFraxinus reflexiflora
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
The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. 1
Mark Catesby · 1777 · p.257
Latin Herbal
1484 · p.139
Herbarius
1485 · p.140
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.140
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.167
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.137
Herbal of Virtues
1499 · p.139
Garden of Health
1507 · p.147
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.203
Discourses on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Dioscorides; Pietro Andrea Mattioli (comm.) · 1568 · p.332
A New Herbal, or History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens (trans. Henry Lyte) · 1578 · p.772
Compendium of Materia Medica
李時珍 · 1596 · p.21
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 54806.