Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute

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Accession Number: 5197.91
Artist Name: Missonnier-Vuillemin, Marie Thérèse (after Martín de la Cruz)
Life Span: (fl.1930–1962)
Nationality: France
Gender: Female, after Male
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Credit: This image is in the public domain and can be downloaded from the SEPARATE PUBLIC DOMAIN DATABASE [when photographed] When using it, please include the following credit statement: courtesy of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa., on indefinite loan from the Smithsonian Institution.
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Taxon:

Dicotyledoneae

Description:
Medium: gouache
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 24.5 x 23
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Date of Execution: 1933
Place of Execution:
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Notes: 94 paintings copied from Aztec herbal (1552) in Vatican Library. See Emily Walcott Emmart, The Badianus manuscript. Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins Press, 1940. Pl. 115 (p. 199); Martin de la Cruz, Libellus de Medicinalibus Indorum Herbis. Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, 1964. Indefinite loan from Smithsonian Institution.
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Accession Number: 5197.92
Artist Name: Missonnier-Vuillemin, Marie Thérèse (after Martín de la Cruz)
Life Span: (fl.1930–1962)
Nationality: France
Gender: Female, after Male
Image (click image to view):
Credit: This image is in the public domain and can be downloaded from the SEPARATE PUBLIC DOMAIN DATABASE [when photographed] When using it, please include the following credit statement: courtesy of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa., on indefinite loan from the Smithsonian Institution.
Title: ''Symbols of the Badianus manuscript''
Taxon:

Dicotyledoneae

Description: roots
Medium: gouache
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 24.5 x 23
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Date of Execution: 1933
Place of Execution:
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Notes: 94 paintings copied from Aztec herbal (1552) in Vatican Library. See Emily Walcott Emmart, The Badianus manuscript. Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins Press, 1940. Pl. 3 (p. 35); Martin de la Cruz, Libellus de Medicinalibus Indorum Herbis. Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, 1964. Indefinite loan from Smithsonian Institution.
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Accession Number: 5197.93
Artist Name: Missonnier-Vuillemin, Marie Thérèse (after Martín de la Cruz)
Life Span: (fl.1930–1962)
Nationality: France
Gender: Female, after Male
Image (click image to view):
Credit: This image is in the public domain and can be downloaded from the SEPARATE PUBLIC DOMAIN DATABASE [when photographed] When using it, please include the following credit statement: courtesy of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa., on indefinite loan from the Smithsonian Institution.
Title: ''Symbols of the Badianus manuscript
Taxon:

Dicotyledoneae

Description: roots
Medium: gouache
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 24.5 x 23
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: 1933
Place of Execution:
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: 94 paintings copied from Aztec herbal (1552) in Vatican Library. See Emily Walcott Emmart, The Badianus manuscript. Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins Press, 1940. Pl. 3 (p. 35); Martin de la Cruz, Libellus de Medicinalibus Indorum Herbis. Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, 1964. Indefinite loan from Smithsonian Institution.
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Accession Number: 5197.94
Artist Name: Missonnier-Vuillemin, Marie Thérèse (after Martín de la Cruz)
Life Span: (fl.1930–1962)
Nationality: France
Gender: Female, after Male
Image (click image to view):
Credit: This image is in the public domain and can be downloaded from the SEPARATE PUBLIC DOMAIN DATABASE [when photographed] When using it, please include the following credit statement: courtesy of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa., on indefinite loan from the Smithsonian Institution.
Title: ''Symbols of the Badianus manuscript''
Taxon:

Dicotyledoneae

Description: roots
Medium: gouache
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 24.5 x 23
Image Size:
Edition:
Date of Execution: 1933
Place of Execution:
Signature:
Published:
Printmaker:
Notes: 94 paintings copied from Aztec herbal (1552) in Vatican Library. See Emily Walcott Emmart, The Badianus manuscript. Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins Press, 1940. Pl. 3 (p. 35); Martin de la Cruz, Libellus de Medicinalibus Indorum Herbis. Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, 1964. Indefinite loan from Smithsonian Institution.
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Accession Number: 5198
Artist Name: Sanchez, Emilio
Life Span: (1921-1999)
Nationality: Cuba and United States
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Anemones''
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Description: anemones in vase
Medium: woodcut, multicolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 52.5 x 41.5
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Edition: 37/50
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: Emilio Sanchez (b.r.)
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Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions: 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1972)
HIBD Publications: Korach, K. A, comp. 1972. Catalogue [of the] 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 148.
Accession Number: 5199
Artist Name: Avati, Mario
Life Span: (1921-2009)
Nationality: France
Gender: Male
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Title: ''il y a des anemones, la-bas aussi ...''
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Description: anemones in bowl
Medium: mezzotint, color
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 22 X 35
Image Size: 37.5 x 47.5
Edition: 43/60
Date of Execution: 1968
Place of Execution:
Signature: Avati (b.r.)
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Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions: 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, 1972
HIBD Publications: Korach, K. A, comp. 1972. Catalogue [of the] 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 11.
Accession Number: 5200
Artist Name: Kogan, Jane
Life Span: (1939-)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Flower study II''
Taxon:

Narcissus Linnaeus, Amaryllidaceae

Description:
Medium: etching
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 18.5 x 16
Image Size: 10 x 9 mat opening
Edition: II/8/8
Date of Execution: 1962
Place of Execution: Rome
Signature: Jane Kogan (b.r.)
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Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions: 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1972)
HIBD Publications: Korach, K. A., comp. 1972. Catalogue [of the] 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 92.
Accession Number: 5201
Artist Name: Kerkovius, Ruth
Life Span: (1921–2007)
Nationality: Germany and Latvia and United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Poppies in my garden''
Taxon:
Description: poppies
Medium: etching, color
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 33 x 42.5
Image Size: 17.5 x 26 mat opening
Edition: 7/20
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: Ruth Kerkovius (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 5202
Artist Name: Kerkovius, Ruth
Life Span: (1921–2007)
Nationality: Germany and Latvia and United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Daisy''
Taxon:
Description: daisy flower
Medium: etching, color
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 28 x 18.5
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Edition: artist's proof
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: Ruth Kerkovius (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 5203
Artist Name: Kerkovius, Ruth
Life Span: (1921–2007)
Nationality: Germany and Latvia and United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Marigold''
Taxon:
Description: marigold flower
Medium: etching, color
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 28 x 19
Image Size: 10.5 x 10.5
Edition: artist's proof
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: Ruth Kerkovius (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 5204
Artist Name: Cyril, Ruth (aka Ruth Goldfarb, aka Cyril)
Life Span: (1920–1988?)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Zinnias''
Taxon:
Description: zinnia
Medium: etching, color
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 65.5 x 50
Image Size: 59 x 45
Edition: artist's proof
Date of Execution: 1965
Place of Execution:
Signature: Cyril (b.r. in plate), Cyril (b.r.)
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Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions: 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1972)
HIBD Publications: Korach, K. A, comp. 1972. Catalogue [of the] 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 32.
Accession Number: 5205
Artist Name: Lessnick, Howard
Life Span: (1939-)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Male
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Credit:
Title: ''Winter poetry''
Taxon:
Description: aquatic grasses
Medium: etching
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 28 x 37.5
Image Size: 14.5 x 28
Edition: 20/250
Date of Execution: 1971
Place of Execution:
Signature: H. Lessnick (b.r.)
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Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions: 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1972)
HIBD Publications: Korach, K. A, comp. 1972. Catalogue [of the] 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 101
Accession Number: 5207
Artist Name: De Becker, Joseph
Life Span: (1902-?)
Nationality: Belgium
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Campylopus piriformis''
Taxon:

Campylopus pyriformis (Schultz) S. E. von Bridel, Bryophyta, Dicranaceae

Description:
Medium: ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 25 x 26
Image Size: 18 x 22.5
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Signature: De Becker (b.r.)
Published: see notes field
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Notes: ''Flore general de Belgique, Les bryophytes, Campylopus piriformis, fig. 81. page 213. volume II fascicule II.'' (b.).
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Accession Number: 5208
Artist Name: De Becker, Joseph
Life Span: (1902-?)
Nationality: Belgium
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Epilobium angustifolium''
Taxon:

Epilobium angustifolium Linnaeus, Onagraceae

Description:
Medium: charcoal
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 31.5 x 24
Image Size: 31 x 24
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Date of Execution: 1971
Place of Execution:
Signature: De Becker (b.r.)
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Accession Number: 5209
Artist Name: Roca-Garcia, Helen
Life Span: (1914-?)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title:
Taxon:

Capsella Medikus, Brassicaceae alt. Cruciferae

Description:
Medium: scratchboard drawing
Support: scratchboard
Dimensions (cm): 17 x 16
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Date of Execution:
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Signature: HRG (b.c.)
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Accession Number: 5210
Artist Name: Roca-Garcia, Helen
Life Span: (1914-?)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Taxon:

Plantago Linnaeus, Plantaginaceae

Description:
Medium: scratchboard drawing
Support: scratchboard
Dimensions (cm): 21.5 x 17.5
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Signature: HRG (b.r.)
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Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions: Exquisite Patterns in Nature, 2017
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Accession Number: 5211
Artist Name: Roca-Garcia, Helen
Life Span: (1914-?)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title:
Taxon:

Portulaca Linnaeus, Portulacaceae

Description:
Medium: scratchboard drawing
Support: scratchboard
Dimensions (cm): 16.5 x 23
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Date of Execution:
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Signature: HRG (b.r.)
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Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions: 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1972)
HIBD Publications: Korach, K. A, comp. 1972. Catalogue [of the] 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation.
Accession Number: 5212
Artist Name: Roca-Garcia, Helen
Life Span: (1914-?)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Title:
Taxon:

Tanacetum, Asteraceae alt. Compositae

Description:
Medium: scratchboard drawing
Support: scratchboard
Dimensions (cm): 25 x 16
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Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: HRG (b.r.)
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Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions: 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1972); Exquisite Patterns in Nature, 2017
HIBD Publications: Korach, K. A, comp. 1972. Catalogue [of the] 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation.
Accession Number: 5213
Artist Name: Roca-Garcia, Helen
Life Span: (1914-?)
Nationality: United States
Gender: Female
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Credit:
Title:
Taxon:

Taraxacum F. H. Wiggers, Asteraceae alt. Compositae

Description:
Medium: scratchboard drawing
Support: scratchboard
Dimensions (cm): 19.5 x 13
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Date of Execution:
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Signature: HRG (b.c.)
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Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions: 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1972)
HIBD Publications: Korach, K. A, comp. 1972. Catalogue [of the] 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation.
Accession Number: 5214
Artist Name: Fernandez de Tuero, Juana
Life Span: (1916-?)
Nationality: Argentina
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Croton beetlei''
Taxon:

Croton beetlei Croizat, Euphorbiaceae

Description:
Medium: ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 42 x 29
Image Size: 35 x 23
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Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: JF (b.c.)
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Notes: Also trac ing outline, 25.5 x 21.5, with four outlines of flowers, fruit, and seed, with typed legend.
HIBD Exhibitions: 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1972)
HIBD Publications: Korach, K. A., comp. 1972. Catalogue [of the] 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. P. 47.
Accession Number: 5215
Artist Name: Fernandez de Tuero, Juana
Life Span: (1916-)
Nationality: Argentina
Gender: Female
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Title: ''Jatropha macrocarpa''
Taxon:

Jatropha macrocarpa Grisebach, Euphorbiaceae

Description:
Medium: watercolor
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 42 x 29
Image Size: 36.5 x 24
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Signature: JF (c.)
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Notes: Also tracing outline, 29 x 23.5, with eight outlines of flowers and details.
HIBD Exhibitions: 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1972)
HIBD Publications: Korach, K. A., comp. 1972. Catalogue [of the] 3rd International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation.
Accession Number: 5216
Artist Name: Poole, Monica
Life Span: (1921-2003)
Nationality: England
Gender: Female
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Title: "Magnolia"
Taxon:

Magnolia Linnaeus, Magnoliaceae

Description: flowering branches
Medium: wood engraving
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 25 x 21.5
Image Size: 18.5 x 16
Edition: 4/60
Date of Execution:
Place of Execution:
Signature: Monica Poole (b.r.)
Published:
Printmaker: Monica Poole
Notes:
HIBD Exhibitions: 4th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration (1977)
HIBD Publications: Secrest, S. W. and N. A. Howard, comp. 1977. Catalogue [of the] 4th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration. Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation.
Accession Number: 5217
Artist Name: Koyama, Tetsuo Michael
Life Span: (1933-)
Nationality: Japan and United States
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Carex kobomugi Ohwi, Carex macrocephala Willd.''
Taxon:

Carex kobomugi Ohwi, C. macrocephala Willdenow ex Kunth, Cyperaceae

Description:
Medium: ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 39.5 x 27.5
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Date of Execution: 1954
Place of Execution:
Signature: Tetsuo Koyama (b.r.)
Published: Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (in English). Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution. P. 226. [Fig. 1.]
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Accession Number: 5218
Artist Name: Koyama, Tetsuo Michael
Life Span: (1933-)
Nationality: Japan and United States
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Luisia teres (Thunb.) Bl.''
Taxon:

Luisia teres Blume, Orchidaceae

Description:
Medium: ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 39.5 x 27.5
Image Size:
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Date of Execution: 1954
Place of Execution:
Signature: T. Koyama (b.l.)
Published: Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (in English). Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution. P. 356. [Fig. 4.]
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Accession Number: 5219
Artist Name: Koyama, Tetsuo Michael
Life Span: (1933-)
Nationality: Japan and United States
Gender: Male
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Title: ''Nuphar japonicum DC.''
Taxon:

Nuphar japonica de Candolle, Nymphaeaceae

Description:
Medium: ink
Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 39.5 x 27.5
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Signature:
Published: Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (in English). Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution. P. 436. [Fig. 5.]
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