Images Dated 2022

Pelecyphora aselliformis, 1873

Hand-coloured lithograph on paper of Pelecyphora aselliformis, commonly known as hatchet cactus. Hand-coloured lithograph on paper by Walter Hood Fitch, 1873. Artwork from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, volume 99, plate 6061.
Curtis's Botanical Magazine is the longest running botanical periodical featuring colour illustrations of plants and has been published continuously since 1787

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Artocarpus incisa, 1788–1812

Current accepted plant name is Artocarpus altilis, commonly known as breadfruit. Illustration made on hand-coloured copper engraving on laid-paper from Icones Plantarum Medicinalium by Joseph Jacob Ritter von Plenck, 1788-1812

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Ramalina sp, 1789

Illustration possibly of Ramalina species commonly known as strap or cartilage lichen by Johann Stephan Capieux, 1789. Artwork from Descriptio et Adumbratio Plantarum e Classe Cryptogamica Linnaei Quae Lichenes Dicuntur by G. F. Hoffmann, 1790-1801

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