French botanist and scientific illustrator (1766-1854)

A plant (Melastoma discolor): flowering and fruiting stem with floral segments. Colour stipple engraving by L. Bouquet, c. 1816, after A. Poiteau.

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Pierre Antoine Poiteau

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A plant (Melastoma discolor): flowering and fruiting stem with floral segments. Colour stipple engraving by L. Bouquet, c. 1816, after A. Poiteau.