Mandragora

Mandragora (m.)^[1] est planta familiae Solanacearum.

In historia humana Mandragora multipliciter adhibetur. Apparet in Bibliis Hebraicis , in magia antiqui et medii aevi, et in perplurimis litteris poeticis fictionibusque (etiam in libris de Harrio Pottere, quos scripsit J.K. Rowling).

Species

• Mandragora autumnalis
• Mandragora officinarum
• Mandragora turcomanica
• Mandragora caulescens

Notae

Bibliographia

• Marie-Christine Daunay, Henri Laterrot, Jules Janick, "Iconography and History of Solanaceae: Antiquity to the XVIIth Century', in: Jules Janick, Horticultural Reviews, vol. 34 (2007), pp. 1-112 (Paginae selectae apud Google Books)
• Marie-Christine Daunay, Henri Laterrot, Jules Janick, "Iconography of the Solanaceae from Antiquity to the XVIIth Century: a Rich Source of Information on Genetic Diversity and Uses" in Acta Hort. no. 745 (2007) pp. 59-88
• Harry S. Paris, Marie-Christine Daunay, Jules Janick, "The Cucurbitaceae and Solanaceae illustrated in medieval manuscripts known as the Tacuinum Sanitatis" in Annals of Botany vol. 103 (2009) pp. 1187–1205
• Charles Brewster Randolph, "The Mandragora of the Ancients in Folk-Lore and Medicine" in Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences vol. 40 (1905) pp. 487-537 JSTOR
• Hugo Rahner, S.J. Moly and Mandragora in Pagan and Christian Symbolism. In: Greek Myths and Christian Mystery, pag. 179 ss. New York 1971

Nexus externi

Vide "Mandragora" apud Vicispecies. Situs scientifici: Tropicos • Tela Botanica • GRIN • ITIS • NCBI • Biodiversity • Encyclopedia of Life • Plant Name Index • Plantes d'Afrique • Flora of China • USDA Plants Database