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Giant Granadilla (Passiflora quadrangularis) is a member of the #passionflowers genus. #FloraFriday #SciArt from Revue Horticole, Ser. 4, T. 4 (1855). Contributed to #BHLib by @HarvardLibrary Botany Libraries: https://t.co/PA3PbJZkWS -- #BotanicalArt #Flowers #Botany
The Cyperaceae are a family of flowering plants commonly known as sedges. Explore the Cyperaceae of Germany in J. Sturm's "Flora von Deutschland", Bd. 2 (1900) by Missbach & Krause. Recently added to #BHLib by @Kew_LAA: https://t.co/hNxJlAW4ta #FloraFriday
Happy #FloraFriday! Celebrate with beautiful #SciArt by Cecile Pfulb-Kastner in Charles Flahault's "Nouvelle flore coloriée de poche des Alpes et des Pyrénées" (1906-1912), digitized in #BHLib by @NYBG: https://t.co/DTfRb298Xn
Bateman's "The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala" (1837-43) is one of the rarest of all #orchid books. Only 125 copies were produced. It features 40 hand-colored lithographics by artists including Sarah Ann Drake. View it in #BHLib via @mobotgarden: https://t.co/N9IkK74nBM
"Gleanings of #NaturalHistory" was published in three parts between 1758-1764. It includes 152 hand-coloured etched plates by and after George Edwards et al. View it in #BHLib via @NLB https://t.co/ipdShGvHHo #sciart #histsci
Wiegmann's "Herpetologia Mexicana" (1834) describes the #reptiles of #Mexico based on specimens collected by Ferdinard Deppe & Christian J. W. Schiede mostly in Veracruz between 1824-1830. View it in #BHLib via @BCULausanne: https://t.co/fzy7QEejLl
#HappyValentinesDay! We're sending you #roses with Ellen Ann Willmott's "The Genus Rosa" (1910-14). The work represents years of research conducted by Willmott accompanied by beautiful #SciArt by Alfred Parsons: https://t.co/6GFWcP3UPr Digitized in #BHLib by @HarvardLibrary.
@NEE_Naturalist @HistSciArt They remind us of Kumataro Ito's nudibranch illustrations of specimens collected during the USS Albatross expedition: https://t.co/olHizw4UJj (field notes digitized in #BHLib by @SmithsonianArch for the @FieldBookProj)
For "Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle" #Darwin enlisted naturalists in various fields to author each part. He served as editor, provided extensive notes & authored a geological intro. View the books via @NHM_Library & @MBLWHOILibrary https://t.co/qUztmnu7ua #DarwinDay
Theodor von Heuglin's "Ornithologie Nordost-Afrika" appeared in 57 parts between 1868-74. It treats ~950 #bird species & includes 36 new species-group names. Find it in #BHLib via @IllinoisLibrary @illinoisbiolib: https://t.co/vavoCK9gIX #HistSci