Köhler’s Iris Plate: Iris florentina (1890)
Köhler’s iris plate shows Iris florentina, the white Florentine iris. It’s the first of 3 iris plates in…
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Köhler’s Oak Plate: Quercus pedunculata (1887)
Köhler’s oak plate is plate 30 in Köhler’s Medizinal-Pflanzen, a German book of medicinal plants. It appears in…
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Köhler’s Lavender Plate: Lavandula vera (1887)
Köhler’s lavender plate is plate 60 in Köhler’s Medizinal-Pflanzen, a German book of medicinal plants. It appears in…
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Köhler’s Grapevine Plate: Vitis vinifera (1887)
Köhler’s grapevine plate is plate 51 in Köhler’s Medizinal-Pflanzen, a German book of medicinal plants. It appears in…
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Köhler’s Dandelion Plate: Taraxacum officinale (1887)
Köhler’s dandelion plate is plate 5 in Köhler’s Medizinal-Pflanzen, a German book of medicinal plants. It appears in…
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Köhler’s Lemon Plate: Citrus Limonum (1887)
Köhler’s lemon plate is plate 3 in Köhler’s Medizinal-Pflanzen, a German book of medicinal plants. It appears in…
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Walther Müller: The Artist Behind Köhler’s Plates
Walther Müller (1845 to 1927) was a lithographer and botanical artist in Gera, Germany. He made the original…
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Officinalis: What the Word Means in Plant Names
Officinalis is a Latin word used as the second part of many plant names. It marks plants known…
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Plate in a Book: What It Means and Why It Exists
A plate is a full-page picture in a book, printed apart from the text and bound in, often…
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Dioscorides: The Greek Doctor Behind De Materia Medica
Pedanius Dioscorides was a Greek physician of the 1st century CE from Anazarbus, in what is now southern…
