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Osyris
Osyris is a genus of plants in the family Santalaceae, one of the many genera known as sandalwoods, but not one of the true sandalwood. The species of this genus are mostly hemiparasitic, meaning although they can survive and grow by themselves, they also opportunistically tap into the root systems of nearby plants and parasitize them.
Five species are accepted.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Poet's Cassia
speciesOsyris alba
African Sandalwood
speciesOsyris lanceolata
Osyris wightiana
speciesOsyris wightiana
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
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.579
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.577
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.775
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.759
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.690
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1381
History of Rare Plants of Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1576 · p.334
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.121
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.316
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.343
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.337
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.295
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Osyris in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 319686.