Tab 17: Classis V. PENTANDRIA FÜNFFAEDICHTE. A. Monogyniae. B. Digyniae. ASCLEPIADEAE. GIFTKRAUTER
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Title
Tab 17: Classis V. PENTANDRIA FÜNFFAEDICHTE. A. Monogyniae. B. Digyniae. ASCLEPIADEAE. GIFTKRAUTER
Record type
Digitised Book Plate Collection
Original Reference
BP/12188-1001/18
Author or creator
Geissler; Christian Gottlieb (c.1729-1814); engraver
Date
1795-1804
Scope & content
Hand-coloured engraved plate depicting plants in the Linnaean class Pentrandria. Plants illustrated include; Rauwolfia, Cerbera, Vinca, Nerium, Plumeria, Tabernaemonta, Cameraria, Ceropegia, Periploca, Cynanchum, Apocynum, Asclepias, Stapelia and Spigelia. The book plate bears the imprints 'C G Geissler. Pinx. et. sc'. From the book 'Tabulae phytographicae' by Johannes Gessner