Genus Species

Scientific, botanical, animal and nature illustrations. Inspired by taxonomy.

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centaurea cyanus

commonly known as cornflower, bachelor’s button, bluebottle, boutonniere flower, hurtsickle or cyani flower.

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Alisma natans (via Flora Batava, Volume 6 (1832))

Luronium natans is a species of aquatic plant commonly known as the floating water-plantain. It is the only recognized species in the genus Luronium, native to Europe; from Spain to Britain to Norway east to Ukraine.

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Garryaceae - Aucuba japonica 

Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe by Charles Lemaire and others. Gand [Gent], Louis van Houtte, 1865-1867, volume 16, plate 1609.

Chromolithograph finished by hand (sheet 255 x 327 mm with fold).

Aucuba japonica, commonly called spotted laurel, Japanese laurel, Japanese aucuba or gold dust plant(U.S.), is a shrub native to rich forest soils of moist valleys, thickets, by streams and near shaded moist rocks in China, Korea, and Japan.

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Corvus corax.

The Common Raven has coexisted with humans for thousands of years and in some areas have been so numerous that they are considered a pest. Part of its success comes from its omnivorous diet; Common Ravens are extremely versatile and opportunistic in finding sources of nutrition, feeding on carrion, insects, cereal grains, berries, fruit, small animals, and food waste.

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Right lateral view of the skull and mandible of Corvus corax sinuatus (Raven)

From: ‘The myology of the raven (Corvus corax sinuatus.) A guide to the study of the muscular system in birds’ By R. W. Shufeldt. Published 1890

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 by Maria Sibylla Merian.

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Vitis vinifera (Common Grape Vine) and Eumorpha labruscae (The Gaudy Sphinx moth)

 by Maria Sibylla Merian.

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“Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium”, Plate LX, (1705)

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Maria Sibylla Merian (2 April 1647 – 13 January 1717) was a Swiss naturalist and scientific illustrator, founders of one of Europe's largest publishing houses in the 17th century.

Today is her 366th birthday!

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American Mississippi Alligator and Gecko Alligator lucius and Platydactylus muralis (via Antique print picture of American Mississippi Alligator and Gecko)

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Lilac taken from

Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe

Louis van Houtte (1810–1876)

Scan of original book from Botanicus

Wikimeda

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n230_w1150 by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

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The Nile crocodile or common crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) is an African crocodile.

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The redcurrant (or red currant), Ribes rubrum, is a member of the genus Ribes in the gooseberry family Grossulariaceae, native to parts of western Europe (Belgium, France, Norway, Sweden,Germany, Netherlands, northern Italy, northern Spain, Portugal and Poland). It is a deciduous shrub normally growing to 1-1.5 m tall, occasionally 2 m, with five-lobed leaves arranged spirally on the stems.

(via Grossulariaceae)

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Blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum) is a temperate fruit crop native to central and northern Europe and northern Asia, and is widely cultivated both commercially and domestically for its abundant berries. It is less well known in the USA where it has been subject to restrictions for much of the 20th century

 (via Grossulariaceae)

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Vegetables, Plate from the Larousse Universel in two volumes, 1922.

Légumes et plantes potagères 1 by Ωméga * on Flickr.

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Liliaceae - Tulipa simples hâtives 9 varieties

(via Liliaceae - Tulipa simples hâtives (9 varieties))

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Liliaceae

(Liliaceae - Tulipa Ducs de Tholl)