Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute
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Accession Number: 6865.563
Artist Name: Prescott, Gerald Webber
Life Span: (1899–1988)
Nationality: United States
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Title: Goniochloris sculpta Geitler
Taxon: Goniochloris sculpta Geitler, Pleurochloridaceae
Description: A, top view. B, side view, C, optical section
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Dimensions (cm): 12.5 x 21
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Published: Smith, G. M. 1950. The Fresh-Water Algae of the United States, ed. 2. New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Fig. 298.
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Accession Number: 6865.564
Artist Name: Smith, Gilbert Morgan
Life Span: (1885–1959)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Gloeobotrys limnetica (G. M. Smith) Pascher
Taxon: Gloeobotrys limneticus (G. M. Smith) Pascher, Gloeobotrydaceae
Description: free-floating amorphous colonies of cells of alga
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Published: Smith, G. M. 1950. The Fresh-Water Algae of the United States, ed. 2. New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Fig. 299.
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Accession Number: 6865.565
Artist Name: Thompson, Rufus Henney
Life Span: (1908–1980)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: A-C, Dioxys inermis Thompson sp. nov. D, D. tricornuta Thompson sp. nov.
Taxon: Dioxys inermis R. H. Thompson, D. tricornata R. H. Thompson, Characiopsidaceae
Description: A, front view. B, side view. C, a cell containing aplanospores. D, D. tricornuta Thompson sp. nov.
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Published: Smith, G. M. 1950. The Fresh-Water Algae of the United States, ed. 2. New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Fig. 303.
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Accession Number: 6865.566
Artist Name: Smith, Gilbert Morgan
Life Span: (1885–1959)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Harpochytrium atkinsonianum Pascher
Taxon: Harpochytrium atkinsonianum Pascher, Characiopsidaceae
Description: "Harpochytrium sessile, elongate, cylindrical cells, usually bent in an arc."
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Published: Smith, G. M. 1950. The Fresh-Water Algae of the United States, ed. 2. New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Fig. 305.
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Accession Number: 6865.567
Artist Name: Thompson, Rufus Henney
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Title: Lutherella adhaerens Pascher
Taxon: Lutherella adhaerens Pascher, Chloropediaceae
Description: "Lutherella is epiphytic with solitary cells, or with the cells in groups of two or four."
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Published: Smith, G. M. 1950. The Fresh-Water Algae of the United States, ed. 2. New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Fig. 306.
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Accession Number: 6865.568
Artist Name: Smith, Gilbert Morgan
Life Span: (1885–1959)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Centritractus belonophorus (Schmidle) Lemm.
Taxon: Centritractus belonophorus (Schmidle) Lemmermann, Centritractaceae
Description: "Cells of this unicellular free-floating alga are cylindrical, with a length several times the breadth, and with both poles prolonged into a long straight spine."
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Published: Smith, G. M. 1950. The Fresh-Water Algae of the United States, ed. 2. New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Fig. 307.
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Accession Number: 6865.569
Artist Name: Prescott, Gerald Webber
Life Span: (1899–1988)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Bumilleriopsis breve (Gerneck) Printz
Taxon: Bumilleriopsis brevis (Gerneck) Printz, Centritractaceae
Description: "Cells of this unicellular free-floating alga are cylindrical, straight to somewhat arcuate, with a length two to ten times the breadth, and without spines at the poles."
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Published: Smith, G. M. 1950. The Fresh-Water Algae of the United States, ed. 2. New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Fig. 308.
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Accession Number: 6865.570
Artist Name: Prescott, Gerald Webber
Life Span: (1899–1988)
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Title: Chlorothecium pirottae Borzi
Taxon: Chlorothecium pirottae Borzì, Characiopsidaceae
Description: "This alga has solitary, sessile, globose to pyriform cells affixed to the substratum by disk-like expansion of the side next to the substratum."
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Published: Smith, G. M. 1950. The Fresh-Water Algae of the United States, ed. 2. New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Fig. 309.
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Accession Number: 6865.571
Artist Name: Thompson, Rufus Henney
Life Span: (1899–1988)
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Title: Amphichrysis compressa Korshikov
Taxon: Amphichrysis compressa Korshikov, Chromulinaceae
Description: "Unicellular, uniflagellate free-swimming form has ellipsoid to ovoid cells that may be slightly compressed in the longitudinal axis."
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Published: Smith, G. M. 1950. The Fresh-Water Algae of the United States, ed. 2. New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Fig. 321.
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Accession Number: 6865.572
Artist Name: Smith, Gilbert Morgan
Life Span: (1885–1959)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Chrysapsis sagene Pascher
Taxon: Chrysapsis sagene Pascher, Chromulinaceae
Description: "Chrysapsis has naked, ovoid to irregularly shaped cells that may be rigid or plastic as they swim through the water."
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Published: Smith, G. M. 1950. The Fresh-Water Algae of the United States, ed. 2. New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Fig. 322.
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Accession Number: 6865.573
Artist Name: Thompson, Rufus Henney
Life Span: (1908–1980)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Chrysococcus rufescens Klebs
Taxon: Chrysococcus rufescens Klebs, Chrysococcaceae
Description: "Chrysococcus has free-swimming solitary cells surrounded by a lorica."
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Published: Smith, G. M. 1950. The Fresh-Water Algae of the United States, ed. 2. New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Fig. 323.
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Accession Number: 6865.574
Artist Name: Smith, Gilbert Morgan
Life Span: (1885–1959)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Kephyrion ovum Pascher
Taxon: Kephyrion ovum Pascher, Chrysococcaceae
Description: "This genus has minute, solitary, free-swimming cells surrounded by a lorica."
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Published: Smith, G. M. 1950. The Fresh-Water Algae of the United States, ed. 2. New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Fig. 324.
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Accession Number: 6865.575
Artist Name: Thompson, Rufus Henney
Life Span: (1908–1980)
Nationality: United States
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Title: Skadovskiella sphagnicola Korshikov
Taxon: Synura sphagnicola (Korshikov) Korshikov, Synuraceae
Description: "The cells of this alga are radially united in free-swimming spherical colonies without a gelatinous envelope."
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Published: Smith, G. M. 1950. The Fresh-Water Algae of the United States, ed. 2. New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Fig. 330.
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Accession Number: 6865.576
Artist Name: Smith, Gilbert Morgan
Life Span: (1885–1959)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Hymenomonas roseola Stein
Taxon: Hymenomonas roseola F. Stein, Hymenomonadaceae
Description: A, optical section of a cell, B, surface view of coccoliths.
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Published: Smith, G. M. 1950. The Fresh-Water Algae of the United States, ed. 2. New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Fig. 331.
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Accession Number: 6865.577
Artist Name: Smith, Gilbert Morgan
Life Span: (1885–1959)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Ochromonas mutabilis Klebs
Taxon: Ochromonas mutabilis Klebs, Ochromonadaceae
Description: "The cells of Ochromonas are free-swimming, solitary, usually ellipsoidal or pyriform, and rigid or with a pronounced plasticity. There are two flagella of unequal length."
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Published: Smith, G. M. 1950. The Fresh-Water Algae of the United States, ed. 2. New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Fig. 332.
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Accession Number: 6865.578
Artist Name: Smith, Gilbert Morgan
Life Span: (1885–1959)
Nationality: United States
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Title: A, Epipyxis tabellariae (Lemm.) comb. nov. B, E. calyciforme (Bachm.) comb. nov.
Taxon: Epipyxis tabellariae (Lemmermann) G. M. Smith, E. calyciformis (Bachmann) G. M. Smith, Dinobryaceae
Description: "The cell structure and structure of the lorica are identical with that of Dinobryon. Epipyxis differs from Dinobryon in that the alga is sessile and its cells are never united in colonies."
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Published: Smith, G. M. 1950. The Fresh-Water Algae of the United States, ed. 2. New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Fig. 337.
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Accession Number: 6865.579
Artist Name: Smith, Gilbert Morgan
Life Span: (1885–1959)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Chrysochromulina parva Lackey
Taxon: Chrysochromulina parva Lackey, Chrysochromulinaceae
Description: A., front view. B, side view. C. polar view
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Published: Smith, G. M. 1950. The Fresh-Water Algae of the United States, ed. 2. New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Fig. 339.
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Accession Number: 6865.580
Artist Name: Thompson, Rufus Henney
Life Span: (1908–1980)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Heliapsis mutabilis Pascher
Taxon: Heliapsis mutabilis Pascher, Stylococcaceae
Description: “Heliapsis belongs to the group of rhizopodial Chrysophyceae in which the cells are united in reticulate colonies by cytoplasmic processes fro ncell to cell. It differs from others of this type in that each cell is enclosed by a lens-shaped lorica.”
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Published: Smith, G. M. 1950. The Fresh-Water Algae of the United States, ed. 2. New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Fig. 343.
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Accession Number: 6865.581
Artist Name: Thompson, Rufus Henney
Life Span: (1908–1980)
Nationality: United States
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Title: Chrysopyxis bipes Stein, C. stenostoma Lauterb.
Taxon: Chrysopyxis bipes Stein, C. stenostoma Lauterborn, Stylococcaceae
Description: “A-B, Chrysopyxis bipes Stein. A, front view. B, side view. C–F, C. stenostoma Lauterb. C, front view. D, side view. E, dividing to form zoospores. F, free-swimming zoospore.”
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Published: Smith, G. M. 1950. The Fresh-Water Algae of the United States, ed. 2. New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Fig. 344.
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Accession Number: 6865.582
Artist Name: Thompson, Rufus Henney
Life Span: (1908–1980)
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Title: Kybotion ellipsoideum
Taxon: Kybotion ellipsoideum R. H. Thompson, Stylococcaceae
Description: “The cells of this alga are solitary, sessile, and surrounded by an ovoid lorica which may or may not be prolonged into a neck at the distal end.”
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Published: Smith, G. M. 1950. The Fresh-Water Algae of the United States, ed. 2. New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Fig. 346.
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Accession Number: 6865.583
Artist Name: Thompson, Rufus Henney
Life Span: (1908–1980)
Nationality: United States
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Title: Diceras phaseolus Fott
Taxon: Diceras Phaseolus B. Fott, Stylococcaceae
Description: A, side view. B, top view
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Published: Smith, G. M. 1950. The Fresh-Water Algae of the United States, ed. 2. New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Fig. 347.
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Accession Number: 6865.584
Artist Name: Smith, Gilbert Morgan
Life Span: (1885–1959)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Title: Phaeosphaera perforata Whitford
Taxon: Phaeosphaera perforate L. A. Whitford, Chrysococcaceae
Description: A, portion of a colony. B, cells
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Published: Smith, G. M. 1950. The Fresh-Water Algae of the United States, ed. 2. New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Fig. 349.
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Accession Number: 6865.585
Artist Name: Thompson, Rufus Henney
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Title: Phaeoplaca thallosa Chod.
Taxon: Phaeoplaca thallosa Chodat, Chrysococcaceae
Description: “Phaeoplaca has discoid sessile colonies with the cells closely abutting in a monostromatic layer.”
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Published: Smith, G. M. 1950. The Fresh-Water Algae of the United States, ed. 2. New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Fig. 350.
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Accession Number: 6865.586
Artist Name: Thompson, Rufus Henney
Life Span: (1908–1980)
Nationality: United States
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Title: Naegeliella flagellifera Corren
Taxon: Naegeliella flagellifera Correns, Naegeliellaceae
Description: “This alga has epiphytic circular colonies of up to 150 cells which may be entirely monostromatic or distromatic in the central position.”
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Published: Smith, G. M. 1950. The Fresh-Water Algae of the United States, ed. 2. New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Fig. 351.
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Accession Number: 6865.587
Artist Name: Thompson, Rufus Henney
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Nationality: United States
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Title: Chrysostephanosphaera globulifera Scherffel
Taxon: Chrysostephanosphaera globulifera Scherffel, Chrysamoebaceae
Description: “The cells of this alga are united in a colony with a broad gelatinous envelope compressed in the longitudinal axis.”
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Published: Smith, G. M. 1950. The Fresh-Water Algae of the United States, ed. 2. New York, Toronto, London: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. Fig. 352.
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