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celandines
Chelidonium
Chelidonium, commonly known as celandines, is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy family, This genus is native to northern Africa and Eurasia, where they are widespread, ranging from western Europe to east Asia.
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Greater celandine
speciesChelidonium majus
Celandine Poppy
speciesChelidonium diphyllum
Asian celandine
speciesChelidonium asiaticum
Chinese Celandine Poppy
speciesChelidonium lasiocarpum
Chelidonium sutchuenense
speciesChelidonium sutchuenense
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
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.278
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.800
On the Virtues of Herbs
Macer Floridus · 1150 · p.238
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.97
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.91
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.899
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.901
Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.117
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.897
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.899
On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.343
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.179
In the stacks
Searching 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 55758.