Plantarum Collection

Papaver (Poppy), two varieties
Two varieties of Papaver (Poppy) -- Papaver flore pleno rubrum (Double Red) and Papaver Eraticum rubrum (Wild Red), drawn by Basilius Besler (1561-1629)

John Ray, English botanist and zoologist (1627-1701)
John Ray, English botanist and zoologist, author of Historia Plantarum (1627-1701). Portrait engraved on steel by W.H. Lizars, from Sir William Jardines The Naturalists Library, 1833, Edinburgh

Hyacinthus Orientalis (Hyacinth)
Hyacinthus Orientalis, also known as common hyacinth, garden hyacinth and Dutch hyacinth, drawn by Basilius Besler (1561-1629)

Sempervivum tectorum or common houseleek. Illustration from Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Plantarum succulentarum historia (vol. 1) Date: 1799

Albuca caudata - Albuca caudata Jacq. Coloured copper engraving, probably based on a watercolour by the Bauer brothers. Jacquin, N. J. Icones plantarum rariorum 2: t. 442, Vienna 1795

Oranges - two types of Malum Aurantium. Illustration from Paulo Boccone, Icones et descriptiones rariorum plantarum Siciliae, Melitae, Galliae et Italiae. Date: 1674

Engraving depicting the Sheldonian Theatre. Illustration (title page / title-engraving) from Paulo Boccone, Icones et descriptiones rariorum plantarum Siciliae, Melitae, Galliae et Italiae. Date: 1674

Plantarum Rariorum Horti Regii Botanici Berolinensis
Cover page of Plantarum Rariorum Horti Regii Botanici Berolinensis, Berolini, Sumtibus Ludw. Oehmigke, 1828

Echinocactus denudatus. Plate taken from Plantarum Rariorum, by H.F. Link and F.Otto

Aegopodium podagraria, goutweed
Aegopodium podagraria L. a member of the Apiaceae family, cited by Linnaeus under his description of that name in Species Plantarum (1753), also the designated type specimen for that name

Viburnum opulus L. guelder rose
Viburnum opulus L. a member of the Caprifoliaceae family, cited by Linnaeus under his description of that name in Species Plantarum in 1753

Beta vulgaris, spinach beet
Illustration from Icones Plantarum Medicinalium (1784) by Johann Zorn. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Iris germanica, flag iris
Flag iris (Iris germanica) from Icones Plantarum medicinalium (1788) by Joseph Jacob von Plenck

LINNAEUS, Carolus (1707-1778). Swedish naturalist. Title page of Carl von Linns work Genera Plantarum. Edition

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