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Gentianales Collection

Background imageGentianales Collection: Gardenia taitensis, Tahitian gardenia

Gardenia taitensis, Tahitian gardenia
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Gardenia florida

Background imageGentianales Collection: Sabatia bartramii, savannah pink & Eacles imperialis, imperi

Sabatia bartramii, savannah pink & Eacles imperialis, imperi
Drawing 11 (Ewan 38) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageGentianales Collection: Marsdenia mollissima

Marsdenia mollissima
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Cynanchum crassifolium

Background imageGentianales Collection: Gentiana sp. purple gentian

Gentiana sp. purple gentian
Illustration by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageGentianales Collection: Nerium oleander, oleander

Nerium oleander, oleander

Background imageGentianales Collection: Myrmecodia beccarii, anthouse plant

Myrmecodia beccarii, anthouse plant
Finished watercolour by John Frederick Miller from an outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson, made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Background imageGentianales Collection: Cephaelis ipecacuanha, ipecac

Cephaelis ipecacuanha, ipecac

Background imageGentianales Collection: Strychnos nux vomica, strychnine tree

Strychnos nux vomica, strychnine tree
One of the 162 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the Central Hall of the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageGentianales Collection: Morinda citrifolia, Indian mulberry

Morinda citrifolia, Indian mulberry
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Background imageGentianales Collection: Cafier d arabic, coffee plant

Cafier d arabic, coffee plant
Illustration from the Plate Collection of the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageGentianales Collection: Asclepias volubilis

Asclepias volubilis
Illustration by George Forster of Asclepias volubilis

Background imageGentianales Collection: Opercularia aspera, common stink weed

Opercularia aspera, common stink weed
Finished watercolour by James Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Background imageGentianales Collection: Rubia tinctorum, madder

Rubia tinctorum, madder
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageGentianales Collection: Ixora sp

Ixora sp
Plate 451 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageGentianales Collection: Gentiana sp

Gentiana sp
Gentiana, family Gentianaceae, watercolour on card by A.H. Church (1865-1937). Drawing number 509

Background imageGentianales Collection: Coprosma australis

Coprosma australis
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Background imageGentianales Collection: Borreria sp. weed

Borreria sp. weed
Finished watercolour by unknown artist from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Background imageGentianales Collection: Parsonsia heterophylla, jasmine

Parsonsia heterophylla, jasmine
Finished watercolour by James Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Background imageGentianales Collection: Chicorium intybus, chicory

Chicorium intybus, chicory
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageGentianales Collection: Strychnos toxifera, strychnos vine

Strychnos toxifera, strychnos vine
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageGentianales Collection: Oleander cv

Oleander cv
Plate 704 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageGentianales Collection: Pinckneya bracteata, fever tree

Pinckneya bracteata, fever tree
Unnumbered drawing from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageGentianales Collection: Gardenia sp

Gardenia sp
Drawing number 153 from Flora Nov-Eboraensis (1724-1766) by Jane Colden. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageGentianales Collection: Calotropis procera, rubber bush

Calotropis procera, rubber bush
One of the 162 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the Central Hall of the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageGentianales Collection: Coffea arabica Linnaeus, Coffee

Coffea arabica Linnaeus, Coffee
Specimen from The George Clifford Herbarium

Background imageGentianales Collection: Erythrina sp

Erythrina sp
A native Erythrina sp. flowering in a shade coffee farm located in the crater of Volcan Chinameca, El Salvador

Background imageGentianales Collection: Coffea canephora Pierrre ex Fr-hner

Coffea canephora Pierrre ex Fr-hner with ripe berries growing in a shade coffee farm in El Salvador

Background imageGentianales Collection: Cattleya aurantiaca (orchid)

Cattleya aurantiaca (orchid) growing in a shade coffee plantation in El Salvador

Background imageGentianales Collection: Coffea arabica (coffee plant)

Coffea arabica (coffee plant)
A coffee (Coffea arabica) plant in a shade coffee plantation in El Salvador

Background imageGentianales Collection: Decorative ceiling panels in the Natural History Museums Ce

Decorative ceiling panels in the Natural History Museums Ce
Coffee, tobacco and cotton - three of the 162 plant designs which form the ceiling decoration of the Central Hall. The plants are of economic or medicinal importance

Background imageGentianales Collection: Ceropegia candelabrum, ceropegia

Ceropegia candelabrum, ceropegia
Illustration from Hortus Indicus Malabaricus (1678-1703) by Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede tot Drakenstein, of Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)

Background imageGentianales Collection: Pentalinon luteum, hammock vipers tail

Pentalinon luteum, hammock vipers tail
Illustration by Mark Catesby (1683-1749) from Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)

Background imageGentianales Collection: Gelsemium empervirens, yellow jasmine

Gelsemium empervirens, yellow jasmine
Centaurea sp. cornflower. Folio 36 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageGentianales Collection: Catharanthus roseus, madagascan periwinkle

Catharanthus roseus, madagascan periwinkle
Folio 29 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageGentianales Collection: Gentiana, Vaccinuim sp. & Exacum bicolor

Gentiana, Vaccinuim sp. & Exacum bicolor
White gentian, pink arbutus and dumcasia congesta. Plate 27 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageGentianales Collection: Gentiana sp. blue gentian

Gentiana sp. blue gentian
Plate 63 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageGentianales Collection: Gardenia rothmannia, candlewood

Gardenia rothmannia, candlewood
Illustration from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageGentianales Collection: Gentiana autumnalis, pine barrens gentian

Gentiana autumnalis, pine barrens gentian
Drawing 63 (Ewan 2) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageGentianales Collection: Gentian sp. gentian

Gentian sp. gentian
Plate 97 from The Chief Natural Orders of Plants (1849). Illustrated and described by Elizabeth Twining (1805-1889)

Background imageGentianales Collection: Coffea arabica, coffee

Coffea arabica, coffee
Plate LV11 from Les Plantes ornementales, held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageGentianales Collection: Coffea arabica L. Arabian coffee

Coffea arabica L. Arabian coffee
Drawing by Georg Dionysius Ehret. Image used in The Chelsea Gardener Philip Miller (1990) by Hazel Le Rougetel, plate 15

Background imageGentianales Collection: Coffea sp. coffee beans

Coffea sp. coffee beans
Coffee beans photographed in El Salvador by Alex Munro

Background imageGentianales Collection: Cinchona officianalis illustration, quinine

Cinchona officianalis illustration, quinine
From the Plate Collection of the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageGentianales Collection: Oporornis agilis, Connecticut warbler

Oporornis agilis, Connecticut warbler
Plate 138 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1831-34), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Background imageGentianales Collection: Apocynum

Apocynum

Background imageGentianales Collection: Dendroica petechia, yellow warbler

Dendroica petechia, yellow warbler
Plate 35 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Background imageGentianales Collection: Gentiana ascepiadea, willow gentian

Gentiana ascepiadea, willow gentian
Illustration by Frederick Polydore Nodder, c. 1770s. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageGentianales Collection: Gentianella amarella, felwort

Gentianella amarella, felwort
Watercolour no. 211 from Botanica Pharmaceutica 1785, by Andreas Friederich Happe



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