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wild gingers
Asarum
Asarum is a genus of plants in the birthwort family Aristolochiaceae, commonly known as wild ginger.
Asarum is from Greek ἄσαρον, a name for Asarum europaeum.
14 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Subgenus Asarum
subgenusAsarum

Subgenus Heterotropa
subgenusHeterotropa

Geotaenium
subgenusGeotaenium

Asarum fukienense
speciesAsarum fukienense

Asarum renicordatum
speciesAsarum renicordatum

Asarum glabrum
speciesAsarum glabrum

Asarum misandrum
speciesAsarum misandrum

Asarum tongjiangense
speciesAsarum tongjiangense

Asarum inflatum
speciesAsarum inflatum

Asarum wannanense
speciesAsarum wannanense
Asarum viridiflorum
speciesAsarum viridiflorum
Asarum parviflorum
speciesAsarum parviflorum
Asarum reticulatum
speciesAsarum reticulatum
Asarum sprengeri
speciesAsarum sprengeri
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

Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Plants
王圻, 王思義 · 1607 · p.50

Living Images of Plants
Otto Brunfels · 1532 · p.81

Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.133

Latin Herbal
1484 · p.41

Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.42

Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.71

Herbarius latinus (with French synonyms)
1486 · p.43

Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.39

Garden of Health (Hortus Sanitatis)
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.43

Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.49

Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.50

Herbal of Virtues
1499 · p.41
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Asarum 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 52861.