Abies
Firs are coniferous trees belonging to the genus Abies (Latin: [ˈabieːs]) in the family Pinaceae. They are tall trees that can be distinguished from other members of the pine family by the way in which their needle-like leaves are attached singly to the branches with a circular base, and by their cones, which, like those of cedars, stand upright on the branches like candles and disintegrate at maturity.
There are approximately 48–65 extant species, found on mountains throughout much of North and Central America, Eurasia, and North Africa. The genus is most closely related to Keteleeria, a small genus confined to eastern Asia.
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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 1419360.