Accession No

5139

Brief Description

botanical wallchart, Marchantia: archegoniophore and antheridiophore in section, by Dodel-Port

Origin

Maker

Dodel-Port

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

Latest Date

Inscription Date

Material

cloth; paper

Dimensions

breadth 881mm; height 846mm

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

Marchantia ( Archegonium & Antheridium).

Description Notes

Botanical wallchart. Marchantia: archegoniophore and antheridiophore in section. Maker Dodel-Port.

Colour printed botanical teaching diagram of Marchantia (liverwort) in shades of green and brown. The chart is made up of 9 separate diagrams, 8 smaller ones placed around a large central diagram (figure 3). They depict the archegonium (female sexual organs) and antheridium (male sexual organs) of the plant. The diagrams are numbered 1 to 9 and are annotated using letters, numbers and abbreviations, there is no key for deciphering these notes.

The fragile paper had been backed onto cloth for stability.

Fair condition.

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