Tab 25. Classis VI. HEXANDRIA. SECHSFAEDICHTE. A. B. C. D. Mono - Tri - Tetra - Polygynia
Information
Title
Tab 25. Classis VI. HEXANDRIA. SECHSFAEDICHTE. A. B. C. D. Mono - Tri - Tetra - Polygynia
Record type
Digitised Book Plate Collection
Original Reference
BP/12188-1001/26
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 Hexandria. Plants illustrated include; Convallaria, Polianthes, Hyancinthus, Cyanella, Aletris, Yucca, Aloe, Agave, Hemerocallis, Melanthium, Medeola, Trillium, Helonias, Petiveria, Alisma, Veratrum, Hytrocharis, Stratiotes, Vallisneria, Sagittaria and Butomus. The book plate bears the imprints 'C G Geissler. Pinx. et. Sculps'. From the book 'Tabulae phytographicae' by Johannes Gessner