Accession No

5109

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, Cora pavonia and Dictyonema: habit, by Shrubbs

Origin

Maker

Shrubbs

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

Latest Date

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 680mm; height 960mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

Transferred from the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, in 06/2008. On loan from the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, from 01/1994.

Inscription

Dictyonema sericea
Cora pavonia

Description Notes

Botanical wallchart. Cora pavonia and Dictyonema: habit. Maker Shrubbs.

Colour hand painted botanical teaching diagram of the lichen species Cora pavonia and Dictyonema sericea. Two diagrams depict the habitual formation of these two lichen species. The diagram on the left shows the Cora species forming around a twig and the right hand diagram shows the free forming layered structure of Dictyonema.

Paper backed onto cloth.

Good condition.

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