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Osyris
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Osyris

Osyris is a genus of plants in the family Santalaceae, one of the many genera known as sandalwoods.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Poet's Cassia

speciesOsyris alba

African Sandalwood

speciesOsyris lanceolata

Osyris wightiana

speciesOsyris wightiana

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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

Osyris in Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.579

Osyris in Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.577

Osyris in Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides

Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides

Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.775

Osyris in Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides

Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides

Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.759

Osyris in Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.690

Osyris in Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter

Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1381

Osyris in History of Rare Plants of Pannonia

History of Rare Plants of Pannonia

Carolus Clusius · 1576 · p.334

Osyris in Six Groups of the History of Plants

Six Groups of the History of Plants

Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.121

Osyris in History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia

History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia

Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.316

Osyris in Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)

Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)

Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.343

Osyris in History of Rare Plants

History of Rare Plants

Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.337

Osyris in Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden

Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden

Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.295

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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 319686.