Angiospermae Gallery

Narcissus tazetta, tazetta daffodil

Painting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33. Illustration entitled Narcisse a plusieurs fleurs

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Amaryllidaceae, Angiosperm, Angiospermae, Asparagales, Botanical, Choix Des Plus Belles Fleurs, Daffodil, Drawing, Flora, Flower, Flowering Plant, Flowers, Illustration, Long, Magnoliophyta, Monocot, Monocotyledon, Narcissus, Narcissus Tazetta, Orange, Painting, Pierre Joseph Redouté, Plant, Redoute, Tazetta, Tazetta Daffodil, The Most Beautiful Flowers, Yellow

Cypripedium reginae, ladys slipper orchid. Also known as pi

Although the current name of this orchid is Cypripedium reginae, the name on the original plate reads Cypripedium spectabile, which may have been the name accepted at the time. Watercolour by Franz Andreas Bauer ca.1810-1840. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

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18th Century, Angiosperm, Angiospermae, Asparagales, Bauer, Botanical, Cypripedioideae, Cypripedium, Cypripedium Reginae, Flower, Flowering Plant, Flowers, Francis, Francis Bauer, Illustration, Lady, Lady Slipper Orchid, Long, Magnoliophyta, Monocot, Monocotyledon, Orchid, Orchidaceae, Orchids, Pink, Pink And White Orchid, Plant, Slipper, Slipper Orchid

Ocimum sanctum, holy basil

An illustration of leaves and branches of holy basil (Ocimum sanctum), also known at Tulsi. By James Kerr (1738-1782). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

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18th Century, Angiosperm, Angiospermae, Asterid, Basil, Dicot, Dicotyledon, Eudicot, Flowering Plant, Green, Herb, Holy, Holy Basil, Illustration, James, James Kerr, Kerr, Labiatae, Lamiaceae, Lamiales, Leaf, Magnoliophyta, Ocimum, Ocimum Sanctum, Plant, Plant Culture, Tulsi