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wild gingers
Asarum
Asarum is a genus of plants in the birthwort family Aristolochiaceae, commonly known as wild ginger.
Asarum is from Greek ἄσαρον, a name for Asarum europaeum.
14 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Subgenus Asarum
subgenusAsarum
Subgenus Heterotropa
subgenusHeterotropa
Geotaenium
subgenusGeotaenium
Asarum fukienense
speciesAsarum fukienense
Asarum renicordatum
speciesAsarum renicordatum
Asarum glabrum
speciesAsarum glabrum
Asarum misandrum
speciesAsarum misandrum
Asarum tongjiangense
speciesAsarum tongjiangense
Asarum wannanense
speciesAsarum wannanense
Asarum inflatum
speciesAsarum inflatum
Asarum viridiflorum
speciesAsarum viridiflorum
Asarum parviflorum
speciesAsarum parviflorum
Asarum reticulatum
speciesAsarum reticulatum
Asarum sprengeri
speciesAsarum sprengeri
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
Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Plants
王圻, 王思義 · 1607 · p.50
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.81
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.133
Latin Herbal
1484 · p.41
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.42
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.71
Herbarius latinus (with French synonyms)
1486 · p.43
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.39
Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.43
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.49
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.50
Herbal of Virtues
1499 · p.41
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Asarum 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 52861.