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Taira
The Taira (平) was one of the four most important clans that dominated Japanese politics during the Heian period of Japanese history – the others being the Minamoto, the Fujiwara, and the Tachibana. The clan is divided into four major groups, named after the emperors they descended from: Kanmu Heishi, Ninmyō Heishi, Montoku Heishi, and Kōkō Heishi, the most influential of which was the Kanmu Heishi line.
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Taira decorata
speciesTaira decorata
Taira flavidorsalis
speciesTaira flavidorsalis
Taira cangshan
speciesTaira cangshan
Taira concava
speciesTaira concava
Taira latilabiata
speciesTaira latilabiata
Taira liboensis
speciesTaira liboensis
Taira obtusa
speciesTaira obtusa
Taira qiuae
speciesTaira qiuae
Taira sichuanensis
speciesTaira sichuanensis
Taira sulciformis
speciesTaira sulciformis
Taira zhui
speciesTaira zhui
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 418894.