Malum punicum seu granatum

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Plantae — Magnoliophyta

Classis : Magnoliopsida 
Ordo : Myrtales 
Familia : Lythraceae 
Genus : Punica 
Species : P. granatum 

Punica granatum 
L.  

Punica granatum (binomen a Linnaeo anno 1758 statutum) seu Latinitate classica punica malus est arbor familiae Lythracearum, cuius fructus, "malum granatum" et malogranatum appellatus, edi potest.

Planta fuit signum imperatoris Maximiliani I et Regni Granatae.

Bibliographia

Fontes antiquiores

• 1548 : William Turner, The Names of Herbes in Greke, Latin, Englishe, Duch and Frenche. Londinii: John Day, 1548 (s.v. "Malus punica" apud Google Books) (Pomgarnat trees growe plentuously in Italy and in Spayne, and there are certayne in my Lordes gardine at Syon, but their fruite cometh neuer vnto perfection)
• 1597 : John Gerard, The Herball, or generall historie of plantes. Londinii: John Norton pp. 1261-1263 "malus granata sive punica: the pomegranate tree"
• 1742 : Georgius Everhardus Rumphius, Herbarium Amboinense (Amstelaedami: Chanquion, 1741-1750) vol. 2 p. 94, tab. 24; cf. E. D. Merrill, An Interpretation of Rumphius's Herbarium Amboinense. Manilae: Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bureau of Science, 1917 p. 384

Eruditio recentior

• Fruit-bearing Forest Trees: technical notes. (FAO Forestry Paper, 34.) Romae: Food and Agriculture Organization, 1982. Textus