The Linnean Society of Londonさんのイラストまとめ

Browse all the breathtaking flowers from JD Hooker's "Rhododendrons of the Sikkim-Himalaya" (1849-1851) here: https://t.co/XGrU8O6RzC

Fascinating maps in this talk by Dr Surabhi Ranganathan. Guess what the last map is of?

A few beautiful illustrations from Sowerby's 'Colored Figures of English Fungi' for UK #FungusDay today. Find it in our library as well as online on @BioDivLibrary here: https://t.co/4lwRbSfl8M

Excellent talk on lost natural history painters from 18th C India by @DAGworld (@andrewjohnrudd @Comet_Moth_HM @SAsia_exeter). Including fascinating stories behind artists' signatures and labels. This has been a very good month for highlighting marginal/erased names from art.

The booklet is truly beautiful (even as an e-copy), and had wonderful stories about Mark Catesby's art. The link is here: https://t.co/1xFW9Hu8Q7
If in London, you can go see the new window at Sr Giles Church, Chripplegate. #catesby #naturalhistory

Edward Jenner FLS, creator of the world’s first vaccine, was born #OTD in 1749. His invention of a vaccine for smallpox saved countless lives. He was elected a Fellow of the @LinneanSociety in 1798 on the strength of his zoological work, especially the nesting habits of cuckoos.

Edward Lear, a man of many talents, was born today in 1812. Apart from being a master of nonsense verse, he was also a champion illustrator. Below are his beautiful toucans from ‘Monograph of the Ramphastidae’ in our Collections: https://t.co/CI0uyEc0U6

.@MediciPatricia researches how tapirs fit into their ecosystem, and this knowledge also informs conservation efforts in various local habitats, from forests, to wetlands, to grasslands, and has become the expert in this species. #wildlifewarrior #WorldTapirDay

On #WorldTapirDay, we would like to bring your attention to the work of Patricia Medici, who leads the Lowland Tapir Conservation Initiative, focused on the preservation of South America's largest land mammal, the lowland tapir.

In our last post for #5AWeek, we have Maize (corn) from Köhler's Köhler’s Medizinal-Pflanzen. Corn is an essential cereal crop, belonging to the grass family Poaceae, and is grown on every continent except Antarctica. 1/2