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Cyperus

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Cyperaceae

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Images about Cyperus

10 images from works
  • Seven flowering aquatic plants, including eelgrass (Zostera marina) and bog rush (Schoenus nigricans). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
  • Five flowering plants, including a sedge (Carex species) and stemless gentian (Gentiana acaulis). Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
  • Five plants, including a grass, a sedge and a plant of the Boraginaceae family. Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.
  • A plant (Cyperus species): inflorescence with separate floral segments. Aquatint.
  • A plant (Cyperus species): rootstock with young shoot. Aquatint.
  • Anapo river, Sicily: clumped papyrus grass (Cyperus papyrus) being examined by two people in a rowing boat. Lithograph after J.H. Allan, ca. 1843.
  • Two plants: one sedge (Cyperus species) and a flowering species of Scrophulariaceae. Watercolour.
  • Anapo river, Sicily: clumped papyrus grass (Cyperus papyrus) being examined by two people in a rowing boat. Lithograph after J.H. Allan, ca. 1843.
  • Cyperus compressus L.: two sections of the flowering plant with separate fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Papyrus reed (Cyperus papyrus L.): clump of reeds in water. Aquatint, 1823.

Works from the collections

9 works

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    Five flowering plants, including a sedge (Carex species) and stemless gentian (Gentiana acaulis). Colour nature print by A. Auer, c. 1853.

    | Date: 1853 [1854] | Reference: 23769i
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    A plant (Cyperus species): inflorescence with separate floral segments. Aquatint.

    | Reference: 20438i
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    Seven flowering aquatic plants, including eelgrass (Zostera marina) and bog rush (Schoenus nigricans). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.

    W. Dickes & Co. | Date: [1855] | Reference: 24827i
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    Cyperus compressus L.: two sections of the flowering plant with separate fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

    Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801. | Date: [1776] | Reference: 17975i
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    Papyrus reed (Cyperus papyrus L.): clump of reeds in water. Aquatint, 1823.

    | Date: 4 June 1823 | Reference: 20398i

Related topics

Botany
Plants
Cyperaceae
Flowers
Plant Roots

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