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A plant (Corchorus sp.) related to jute: entire flowering and fruiting plant with seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
Reference: 17323i
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Marsh mallow plant (Althaea officinalis): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1906.
Date: 1906Reference: 21067i
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Doum palm (Hyphaene thebaica (L.) C.Martius): leaf, sectioned stem, leaf stalk and whole plant. Etching by G. D. Ehret, c. 1743, after himself.
Ehret, Georg Dionysius, 1708-1770.Date: [1743-45]Reference: 18618i
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Palmyra palm trees (Borassus flabellifer) near Madras, India. Watercolour by H. Schlagintweit, 1855.
Schlagintweit-Sakünlünski, Hermann von, 1826-1882.Date: 1854 to 1858Reference: 21744i
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A date palm tree (Phoenix dactylifera) and segments of the fruit bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.
Date: [c. 1840]Reference: 28051i
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Tree cotton (Gossypium arboreum): flowering and fruiting stem with caterpillar. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1807, after M. Merian.
Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717.Date: 20 June 1807Reference: 25551i
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A plant (Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr.): branch with flowers and pods and separate pod and seed. Coloured line engraving.
Date: [1686]Reference: 16190i
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Bromelia karatas L.: flowering stem with roots and separate sections of fruit with seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1770]Reference: 17592i
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A talipot palm (Corypha umbraculifera) with two people and other plants at its base. Aquatint by T. Medland, c. 1807, after J. Cordiner.
Cordiner, James, the rev., 1775-1836.Date: 4 June 1807Reference: 20997i
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Melochia pyramidata L.: flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1770]Reference: 17555i
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Male liane of Chilli (Lardizabala biternata Ruíz & Pavón): flowering stem and floral segments. Engraving by Heath, c.1798, after Prevost.
Prévost, Benoît Louis, approximately 1735-1804?Date: 1 November 1798Reference: 18603i
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A plant (Corchorus sp.) related to jute: entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
Reference: 17322i
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Doum palm (Hyphaene thebaica (L.) C.Martius): fruiting stem and fruit segments. Etching by G. D. Ehret, c. 1743.
Ehret, Georg Dionysius, 1708-1770.Date: [1743-45]Reference: 18617i
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Baobab tree (Adansonia digitata L.) with swollen trunk. Lithograph after R. McCormick, c. 1884.
McCormick, Robert.Date: [1884]Reference: 18607i
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Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.): fruiting stem with separate flower and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1770]Reference: 17655i
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Banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis L.) with many trunks. Lithograph by W. Stoker, 1811, after J. Forbes, 1778.
Forbes, James, 1749-1819.Date: 1811Reference: 20052i
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Screwpine plants (Pandanus species) of Madagascar, sheltering a tent. Wood engraving, c. 1867.
Date: [1867-1875]Reference: 20939i
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A famous banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis L.), named Cubbeer Burr, on a river island in India. Lithograph by W. Stoker, 1811, after J. Forbes, 1778.
Forbes, James, 1749-1819.Date: 1811Reference: 20051i
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Papermaking fibres.
Date: 1950
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Cotton tree (Gossypium herbaceum): flower, fruits and seed. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.
Burnett, M. A., active 1850.Date: [1853]Reference: 23990i
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Promising structural fiber palms of the Colombian Amazon / Richard Evans Schultes.
Schultes, Richard Evans.Date: [1977]
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A mallow plant (Abutilon sp.): flowering and fruiting plant with separate fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
Date: [1772]Reference: 16683i
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Sansevieria hyacinthoides (L.) Druce: inflorescence with separate leaf with part of rootstock and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1770]Reference: 17725i
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A spreading banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis L.) growing on a palmyra palm (Borassus flabellifer L.) and sheltering 2 people. Engraving by J. Greig, after J. Forbes, 1774.
Forbes, James, 1749-1819.Date: 1st June 1812Reference: 20054i
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Algunos datos sobre la planta de "lechuguilla" y su fibra / por Carlos Patoni.
Patoni, Carlos.Date: 1917