Praecox

Praecox is a Latin term meaning "very early". It is often used as a qualifying adjective in Latin binomials, and could mean "early flowering", "primitive", "premature" or "early onset" (in the case of medical conditions).

Plants

Chimonanthus praecox in January, Karlsruhe Botanical Garden, Germany

• Agapanthus praecox, a South African bulbous plant
• Aira praecox, a European grass
• Allium praecox, a Californian onion
• Casearia praecox, a West Indian tree
• Chimonanthus praecox, wintersweet, a Chinese shrub
• Clematis 'Praecox', a flowering shrub cultivar
• Cytisus × praecox, a spring-flowering shrub
• Hydrangea paniculata 'Praecox', a flowering shrub cultivar
• Lindera praecox, an Asian shrub
• Medicago praecox, a Mediterranean plant in the pea family
• Pittocaulon praecox, a Mexican shrub in the daisy family
• Pleione praecox, an Asian orchid
• Rhododendron 'Praecox', a flowering shrub cultivar
• Roscoea praecox, a Chinese perennial in the ginger family
• Stachyurus praecox, a shrub from Japan
• Thymus praecox, a European thyme
• Weigela praecox, a shrub from Russia

Fungi

• Agrocybe praecox, a northern hemisphere mushroom
• Gymnopilus praecox, a North American mushroom

Animals

• Actebia praecox, the Portland moth
• Ceratotherium praecox, an extinct rhinoceros
• Denticetopsis praecox, a South American fish
• Deroceras praecox, an east European slug
• Iotabrycon praecox, an Ecuadorean fish
• Melanotaenia praecox, a rainbow fish from West Papua
• Mordacia praecox, a lamprey from Australia
• Thamnophilus praecox, the Cocha antshrike, a bird from Ecuador
• Persia praecox, a trilobite

Medical conditions

• Dementia praecox, a degenerative disease of late puberty and early adulthood
• Ejaculatio praecox, premature ejaculation in human males
• Lymphedema praecox, a swelling of the lymph nodes
• Pubertas praecox, premature puberty in humans