ivies
Hedera
Hedera, commonly called ivy (plural ivies), is a genus of 12–15 species of evergreen climbing or ground-creeping woody plants in the family Araliaceae, native to Western Europe, Central Europe, Southern Europe, Macaronesia, northwestern Africa and across central-southern Asia east to Japan and Taiwan. Several species are cultivated as climbing ornamentals, and the name ivy especially denotes common ivy (Hedera helix), known in North America as "English ivy", which is frequently planted to clothe brick walls.
22 branches of this genus, most-observed first
common ivy
speciesHedera helix
Canary Islands Ivy
speciesHedera canariensis
Atlantic Ivy
speciesHedera hibernica
Japanese Ivy
speciesHedera rhombea
Persian Ivy
speciesHedera colchica
Algerian ivy
speciesHedera algeriensis
Azores Ivy
speciesHedera azorica
Himalayan ivy
speciesHedera nepalensis
Hedera crebrescens
speciesHedera crebrescens
Madeiran Ivy
speciesHedera maderensis
Russian Ivy
speciesHedera pastuchovii
Hedera iberica
speciesHedera iberica
Moroccan Ivy
speciesHedera maroccana
Hedera sinensis
speciesHedera sinensis
Hedera caucasigena
speciesHedera caucasigena
Hedera cypria
speciesHedera cypria
Hedera rhizomatifera
speciesHedera rhizomatifera
Hedera taurica
speciesHedera taurica
Hedera × sepulcralis
hybridHedera × sepulcralis
Hedera × nessensis
hybridHedera × nessensis
Hedera × cazorlensis
hybridHedera × cazorlensis
Hedera × soroksarensis
hybridHedera × soroksarensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.177
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.346
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.349
Garden of Health
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.160
The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.130
Garden of Health
1507 · p.129
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.174
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.143
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.144
Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.345
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.910
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.456
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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 55883.