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Asclepiadaceae

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  • Carolina kidney bean plant (Phaeolus sp.) and virginian silk plant (Periploca sp.). Coloured engraving by H. Fletcher, c. 1730, after J. van Huysum.
  • A plant (Vincetoxicum officinale Moench.): flowering plant with roots and separate fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • Cynanchum erectum: flowering shoot. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • Wax plant (Hoya carnosa): flowering stem. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).
  • Flowers, fruit and leaves of five plants, including Calotropis, Viscum and Zella species. Coloured lithograph, c. 1820, after G. Belzoni.
  • Four flowering plants, one possibly a Hydrangea species. Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • Silkvine (Periploca sp.): flowering stem with separate flowers. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • Seven plants, including three orchids and a gesneria: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
  • A plant (Duvalia elegans): flowering plant. Coloured engraving by F. Sansom, c. 1809, after S. Edwards.
  • Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
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  • view Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
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    Four British garden plants: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.

    | Date: 1837 | Reference: 27398i
  • view Stapelia hirsuta: entire flowering plant with separate fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
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    Stapelia hirsuta: entire flowering plant with separate fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

    | Date: [1772] | Reference: 16707i
  • view Seven plants, including three orchids and a gesneria: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.
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    Seven plants, including three orchids and a gesneria: flowering stems and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1837.

    | Date: 1837 | Reference: 27537i
  • view Madar plant (Calotropis gigantea (L.) R.Br.): flowering and fruiting stem. Line engraving after C. de Bruin, 1705.
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    Madar plant (Calotropis gigantea (L.) R.Br.): flowering and fruiting stem. Line engraving after C. de Bruin, 1705.

    Bruyn, Cornelis de, 1652-1727 | Date: [1718] | Reference: 20307i
  • view A woody liane of the Asclepiadaceae family, with two pods. Watercolour.
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    A woody liane of the Asclepiadaceae family, with two pods. Watercolour.

    | Reference: 23095i
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