firs
Abies
Firs (Abies) are a genus of 48–56 species of evergreen coniferous trees in the family Pinaceae. They are found through much of North and Central America, Europe, Asia, and North Africa, occurring in mountains over most of the range. Firs are most closely related to the genus Cedrus (cedar). Douglas firs are not true firs, being of the genus Pseudotsuga.
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Balsamea
sectionBalsamea
Grandis
sectionGrandis
Abies
sectionAbies
Nobilis
sectionNobilis
Amabilis
sectionAmabilis
Oiamel
sectionOiamel
Momi
sectionMomi
Piceaster
sectionPiceaster
Pseudopicea
sectionPseudopicea
Bracteata
sectionBracteata
Abies × masjoannis
hybridAbies × masjoannis
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
Anatomy or the Interior of Things
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek · 1687 · p.521
Andrea Alciato — Emblemata (1564)
Andrea Alciato · 1564 · p.236
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.46
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.184
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.184
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.283
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.47
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.53
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.52
Ten Books of Exotic Things
Carolus Clusius · 1605 · p.663
Thesaurus of Medical Things of New Spain, or History of Mexican Plants, Animals, and Minerals
Francisco Hernández; Nardo Antonio Recchi (ed.) · 1651 · p.120
Elements of Botany
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort · 1719 · p.104
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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 54262.