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Maximus
Maximus (Hellenised as Maximos) is the Latin term for "greatest" or "largest". In this connection it may refer to:
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Maximus strabus
speciesMaximus strabus
Maximus verrucosus
speciesMaximus verrucosus
Maximus mimosae
speciesMaximus mimosae
Maximus subfuscus
speciesMaximus subfuscus
Maximus aemulus
speciesMaximus aemulus
Maximus vagus
speciesMaximus vagus
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
Ten Books of Exotic Things
Carolus Clusius · 1605 · p.122
Historiae Animalium Liber III: De Avium Natura
Conrad Gesner · 1555 · p.720
The Natural History of Carolina Florida and Bahama Islands Vol. 2
Mark Catesby · 1743 · p.109
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.869
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.867
History of Rare Plants of Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1576 · p.853
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.769
Ornithology: The History of Birds
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1599 · p.876
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.622
Mark Catesby — Piscium, serpentum, insectorum (pt. 1) (1750)
Mark Catesby · 1750 · p.109
François Bouchard — Recueil de cent-trente-trois oiseaux des plus belles especes (1775)
François Bouchard · 1775 · p.123
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Maximus 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 793951.