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Chamaeleon
Chamaeleon is a genus of plants in the Asteraceae family. They are native to an area from the Western Mediterranean to Pakistan.
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Pine Thistle
speciesChamaeleon gummifer
Beautiful Distaff-thistle
speciesChamaeleon comosus
Chamaeleon macrocephalus
speciesChamaeleon macrocephalus
Chamaeleon macrophyllus
speciesChamaeleon macrophyllus
Chamaeleon cuneatus
speciesChamaeleon cuneatus
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.300
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.915
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.917
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.915
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.913
On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.362
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.923
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.925
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.924
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.472
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.472
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.457
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Chamaeleon 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 956045.