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Rubiaceae

Family of plants

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Images referencing Rubiaceae

53 images from works
  • Coffee plant (Coffea arabica): fruiting stem. Watercolour, c.1823.
  • Morinda umbellata L.: flowering stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • The blossom and fruit of a coffee tree (Coffea arabica) Photograph.
  • Field madder (Sherardia arvensis L.): entire flowering plant with separate flower sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • Cinchona plant (Cinchona caribbaea): flowering and fruiting branch. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1801, after J. Ihle.
  • Eight plants, including five orchids: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1836.
  • Cinchona plant (Cinchona officinalis): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1842.
  • A plant (Coutarea pubescens): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured lithograph.
  • Cinchona plant (Cinchona lancifolia): flowering and fruiting stem. Lithograph, c. 1883.
  • A coffee tree (Coffea species), nutmeg plant (Myristica fragrans) and cashew nut tree (Anacardium occidentale): flowers and fruit. Coloured engraving, c. 1827.
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Works from the collections

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    Work on a coffee plantation in Guatemala. Wood-engravings by G. Andrews, 1877, after E. Muybridge.

    | Eadweard Muybridge | Date: 20 October 1877 | Reference: 25225i
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    Coffee plant (Coffea arabica): fruiting stem. Watercolour, c.1823.

    | Reference: 22152i
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    Cuprea bark plant (Remijia pedunculata): flowering and fruiting stem. Lithograph, c. 1883.

    | Date: [1883] | Reference: 24339i
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    Crosswort (Galium cruciata (L.) Scop.): flowering plants rooted in joints of stone wall with separate flower sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

    | Date: [1772] | Reference: 16749i
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    A coffee plant (Coffea arabica), its flower and fruit segments bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.

    | Date: [c. 1840] | Reference: 28052i
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Related topics

Botany
Plants
Plants, Medicinal
Plants, Useful
History, 19th Century
England
Plants, Cultivated
Tropical plants
History, 18th Century
Galium

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