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Ruscus
Ruscus is a genus of six species of flowering plants, native to western and southern Europe (north to southern England), Macaronesia, northwest Africa, and southwestern Asia east to the Caucasus. In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae). Like many lilioid monocots, it was formerly classified in the family Liliaceae.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first
butcher's-broom
speciesRuscus aculeatus
mouse thorn
speciesRuscus hypoglossum
Spanish Butcher's-broom
speciesRuscus hypophyllum
Ruscus colchicus
speciesRuscus colchicus
Ruscus streptophyllus
speciesRuscus streptophyllus
Ruscus hyrcanus
speciesRuscus hyrcanus
Ruscus × microglossus
hybridRuscus × microglossus
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
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.69
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.272
Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.727
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.270
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.991
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.777
Discourses on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Dioscorides; Pietro Andrea Mattioli (comm.) · 1568 · p.1436
Discourses on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Dioscorides; Pietro Andrea Mattioli (comm.) · 1568 · p.1456
Discourses on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Dioscorides; Pietro Andrea Mattioli (comm.) · 1568 · p.1457
A New Herbal, or History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens (trans. Henry Lyte) · 1578 · p.699
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.753
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.290
In the stacks
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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 82908.