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Melocactus americana minor Boerh

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Date

c.1735

Artist

Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770)

Collection

The Royal Society

Description

Botanical study of Melocactus americana minor Boerh. The study shows the cylindrical cactus growing in a terracotta container with a ring of pink seed pods towards its apex, with further detail of two seed pods by the container, one of which is shown in two halves. Inscribed in ink beneath the image with the name of the specimen 'Melocactus americana minor Boerh', and in the right hand corner with the signature of the artist 'G. D. Ehret f. [fecit]'. Georg Dionysius Ehret was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1757.

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Location

Southern Africa

Tags

Cacti
Plants

Category

Glossary
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