Dicot Gallery

Scottish Pine Forest

Scottish Pine Forest poster with captions by Barbara Nicholson made for a printed wallchart. Signed B.EN, wallchart EB13, printed by Westerham Press, England, copyright British Museum (Natural History) 1973

© Mary Evans / Natural History Museum

Angiosperm, Angiospermae, Asterid, Barbara, Barbara Nicholson, Betula, Betulaceae, Bilberry, Birch, Calluna, Conifer, Coniferae, Coniferophyta, Coniferous, Day, Day Time, Daytime, Dicot, Dicotyledon, Downy, Ericaceae, Ericales, Eudicot, Europe, European Mountain Ash, Eurosid, Fabidae, Fagales, Flowering Plant, Forest, Grass

Ocimum sanctum, holy basil

An illustration of leaves and branches of holy basil (Ocimum sanctum), also known at Tulsi. By James Kerr (1738-1782). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

© Mary Evans / Natural History Museum

18th Century, Angiosperm, Angiospermae, Asterid, Basil, Dicot, Dicotyledon, Eudicot, Flowering Plant, Green, Herb, Holy, Holy Basil, Illustration, James, James Kerr, Kerr, Labiatae, Lamiaceae, Lamiales, Leaf, Magnoliophyta, Ocimum, Ocimum Sanctum, Plant, Plant Culture, Tulsi

Taraxacum officinale, dandelion (fruiting head)

Scanning electron microscope image showing a vertical section through an unripe fruiting head of a dandelion in the yellow flower stage. Colour added artificially by computer

© Mary Evans / Natural History Museum

Anatomy, Angiosperm, Angiospermae, Asteraceae, Asterales, Asterid, Colour, Coloured, Compositae, Dandelion, Dicot, Dicotyledon, Electron Micrograph, Eudicot, Flower, Flowering Plant, Flowers, Fruiting, Fruiting Head, Head, Magnification, Magnoliophyta, Micrograph, Microscope Image, Plant, Scanning Electron Micrograph, Scanning Electron Microscope, Scanning Electron Microscope Image, Section, Sem, Sem Image