Phillyrea
Phillyrea is a genus of two species of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae, native to the Mediterranean region, and naturalized in the Canary Islands and Madeira.
They are evergreen shrubs or small trees growing to 3–9 m tall, related to Ligustrum, Olea and Osmanthus. The leaves are in opposite pairs, small, leathery, ovate to lanceolate, 2–6 cm long and 0.5–2 cm broad. The flowers are small, greenish-white, produced in short clusters. The fruit is a drupe containing a single seed.
2 branches of this genus, most-observed first
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.222
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.348
Discourses on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Dioscorides; Pietro Andrea Mattioli (comm.) · 1568 · p.371
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.63
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.69
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.70
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.70
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.70
Experiments on the Generation of Insects
Francesco Redi · 1668 · p.130
Elements of Botany
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort · 1719 · p.117
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.222
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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 82880.