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Prickly pears

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  • Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia species): stem and flowers. Aquatint, c.1823.
  • A prickly pear (Opuntia species): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1800, after J. Ihle.
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    A prickly pear (Opuntia species): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1800, after J. Ihle.

    Ihle, Johann-Eberhard, 1727-1814. | Date: 23 June 1800 | Reference: 25384i
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    Spanish red : an ethnogeographical study of cochineal and the Opuntia cactus / R.A. Donkin.

    Donkin, R. A. | Date: 1977
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    Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia species): stem and flowers. Aquatint, c.1823.

    | Date: 4 June 1823 | Reference: 20400i
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