Cedars
Cedrus
Cedrus (common English name cedar) is a genus of coniferous trees in the plant family Pinaceae. They are native to the mountains of the western Himalayas and the Mediterranean region, occurring at altitudes of 1,500–3,200 m in the Himalayas and 1,000–2,200 m in the Mediterranean.
4 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Deodar cedar
speciesCedrus deodara
Atlas cedar
speciesCedrus atlantica
Lebanon cedar
speciesCedrus libani
Cyprus cedar
speciesCedrus brevifolia
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
Christoph Jakob Trew — Uitgezochte planten (1771)
Christoph Jakob Trew · 1771 · p.208
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.57
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.103
Garden of Health
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.103
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.198
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.198
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.198
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.862
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.862
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.51
Christoph Jakob Trew — Uitgezochte planten (1771)
Christoph Jakob Trew · 1771 · p.210
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.334
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Cedrus 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 69821.