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asphodels
Asphodelus
Asphodelus is a genus of mainly perennial plants first described for modern science in 1753. The genus is native to temperate Europe, the Mediterranean, Africa, the Middle East, and the Indian Subcontinent, and now naturalized in other places (New Zealand, Australia, Mexico, southwestern United States, etc.).
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Asphodelus
sectionAsphodelus
Verinea
sectionVerinea
Clausonia
sectionClausonia
Plagiasphodelus
sectionPlagiasphodelus
Verineopsis
sectionVerineopsis
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.640
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.147
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.859
Florum et coronariarum historia
Rembert Dodoens · 1568 · p.143
Florum et coronariarum historia
Rembert Dodoens · 1568 · p.303
Florum et coronariarum historia
Rembert Dodoens · 1568 · p.140
History of Rare Plants of Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1576 · p.152
History of Rare Plants of Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1576 · p.285
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.226
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.149
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.267
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.209
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Asphodelus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 71991.