Decabelone barklyi, 1875

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Hand coloured lithograph of Decabelone barklyi, currently accepted as Tavaresia barklyi. This is a colour proof for plate 6203, from Curtis's Botanical
Magazine, published 1st December 1875.
According to Joseph Dalton Hooker, this species has been found in Little Namaqualand and in the Karoo, near the Orange River. The original illustration is partly based upon a drawing for which Kew is indebted to Mrs. Barber and partly upon specimens which flowered at Kew
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Media ID 654285
Date: 3rd December 2007
Credit: © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Associated Categories: Curtis's Botanical Magazine
Associated Categories: Cacti and Succulents
Keywords: 19th century, apocynaceae, botanical art, desert, south africa, succulent plant, white