Specialisation of plant parts used to climb or bind

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A plant, possibly a melon (Cucumis melo): flowering and fruiting stem with segments of the fruit. Watercolour.

Passion flower (Passiflora species): twining stem with flowers and fruit. Pen drawing.

White bryony (Bryonia dioica): flowering and fruiting stem with floral segments. Coloured etching after J. Miller, 1791.

Vetch plant (Vicia species): flowering stem. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.

Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia): stem with coloured autumn leaves. Watercolour.

Bird's foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) and common vetch (Lathyrus pratensis): entire flowering plants. Coloured etching by A. Duménil, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.

Five British wild flowers, three Corydalis species, and two similar fumitory species. Coloured lithograph, c. 1846, after H. Humphreys.

Four plants, all with different forms of tendrils or thorns. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.

Large fruited granadilla (Passiflora macrocarpa): flowering stem, flower and outline of fruit. Coloured etching.

A vine with fruit and a second unidentified plant with flowers. Watercolour.

A climbing plant, possibly in the Cucurbitaceae family: flowering stem. Watercolour.

Various leaf forms and flower parts. Watercolour by I. Sawkins.

Passion flower (Passiflora alata): flowering stem. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).

Passion fruit (Passiflora edulis): flowering stem, fruit and floral segments. Engraving with etching, c. 1828, after J. Hart.

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Tendrils

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Images referencing Tendrils

Works from the collections

Passion flower (Passiflora alata): flowering stem. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).

Vetch plant (Vicia species): flowering stem. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.

Passion fruit (Passiflora edulis): flowering stem, fruit and floral segments. Engraving with etching, c. 1828, after J. Hart.

Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia): stem with coloured autumn leaves. Watercolour.

Four plants, all with different forms of tendrils or thorns. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.

Tendrils

Images from the collections

Images referencing Tendrils

Works from the collections

Passion flower (Passiflora alata): flowering stem. Watercolour, ca. 1850 (?).

Vetch plant (Vicia species): flowering stem. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.

Passion fruit (Passiflora edulis): flowering stem, fruit and floral segments. Engraving with etching, c. 1828, after J. Hart.

Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia): stem with coloured autumn leaves. Watercolour.

Four plants, all with different forms of tendrils or thorns. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.

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