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Capparaceae

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Images about Capparaceae

4 images from works
  • Capers (Caparis spinosa): flowering stem. Watercolour by J. E. F.
  • Cleome spinosa: flowering and fruiting stem with separate root, floral segments and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • A species of the genus Cleome: flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
  • A fruiting plant, possibly in the Capparidaceae family. Watercolour.

Works from the collections

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    Cleome spinosa: flowering and fruiting stem with separate root, floral segments and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

    | Reference: 17232i
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    Two plants from the Capparidaceae and Caryophyllaceae families: flowering and fruiting stems. Watercolour.

    | Reference: 23062i
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    A species of the genus Cleome: flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

    Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801. | Date: [1770] | Reference: 17546i
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    Capers (Caparis spinosa): flowering stem. Watercolour by J. E. F.

    F. J. E. | Reference: 22149i
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    A fruiting plant, possibly in the Capparidaceae family. Watercolour.

    | Reference: 22825i

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Plants
Botany

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