Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute

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Accession Number: 6331.0356
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
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Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Fulica aterrima L. p. 258''
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Description: Fulica americana Gmelin, Aves (American Coot)
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Accession Number: 6331.0357
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
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Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Hirundo mexicana''
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Description: Stelgidopteryx serripennis (Audubon), Aves (Northern Rough-winged Swallow = Rough-winged Swallow)
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Accession Number: 6331.0358
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
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Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Hirundo subis -- Hir[undo] dominicensis Gm.''
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Description: Progne chalybea (Gmelin), Aves (Gray-breasted Martin)
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Accession Number: 6331.0359
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
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Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Hirundo violacea''
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Description: Progne subis (L.), Aves ( Purple Martin, male)
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Accession Number: 6331.0360
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
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Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Sida crispa L.''
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Herissantia crispa (L.) Brizicky, Malvaceae

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Accession Number: 6331.0361
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
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Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Plumbago mexicana N. -- Tlepatli. Hrz. 429 -- Plumbago acutiflora''
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Plumbaginaceae

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Notes: ''Acris et caustica; frigidos equorum tumores exhurit unde (Yerba del Rayo) à Mexicanis dicitur; ad porriginem utilis censetur.''
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Accession Number: 6331.0362
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
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Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Carica papaya L. a''
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Carica papaya L., Caricaceae

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Accession Number: 6331.0363
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
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Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Passiflora normalis L.''
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Passiflora biflora Lam., Passifloraceae

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Accession Number: 6331.0364
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
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Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Melastoma aspera L. -- Melastoma epilobia''
Taxon:

Tibouchina mexicana (Don) Cogn. ?, Melastomataceae

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Accession Number: 6331.0365
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Cactus {phillanthus L.} -- Nopalxoch cuez alticquizi 392. Hrz. -- Cactus phyllanthoides DC''
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Nopalxochia phyllanthoides (DC.) Britt. et Rose, Cactaceae

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Notes: ''Infusum floris ad epilepsiam puerorum creditur utillissimum.''
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Accession Number: 6331.0366
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
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Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''{Apocynum} proliferum Sp. N. -- Cynanchum? proliferum''
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Sarcostemma pannosum Decne., Asclepiadaceae

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Accession Number: 6331.0367
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
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Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Echites annularis? L. -- Echites coronata''
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Prestonia mexicana A. DC., Apocynaceae

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Accession Number: 6331.0368
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
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Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Erithrina horrida Sp. N.''
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Erythrina horrida DC., Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae

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Accession Number: 6331.0369
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Helianthus atro-rrubens? -- Helianthus purpureus''
Taxon:

Simsia sanguinea A. Gray, Asteraceae alt. Compositae

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Accession Number: 6331.0370
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
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Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Serapias lurida Sp. N. -- Epidendrum? luridum''
Taxon:

Encyclia lancifolia (Pav. ex Lindl.) Dressl. et G. E. Pollard, Orchidaceae

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Accession Number: 6331.0371
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
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Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Coreopsis artemisifolia Sp. N. -- Coreopsis artemisiaefolia Jacq.''
Taxon:

Cosmos sulphureus Cav., Asteraceae alt. Compositae

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Accession Number: 6331.0372
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
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Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Spigelia {anthelmia} L. -- Spigelia marginata''
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Loganiaceae

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Accession Number: 6331.0373
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
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Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Hydrophillum {pinnatum N.} cicutarium ß minor''
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Hydrophyllaceae

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Accession Number: 6331.0374
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
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Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Justicia {pulcherrima} L. -- Justicia cardinalis''
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Aphelandra scabra (Vahl) Sm., Acanthaceae

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Accession Number: 6331.0375
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
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Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Cassia fistula L. -- Quauhaiohuatli II. Hernz. F. 87 -- Cassia fistuloides''
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Cassia fistuloides Collad., Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae

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Accession Number: 6331.0376
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
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Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''{Bidens heterophilla N.} -- Theisia oppositifolia''
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Verbesina tetraptera (Ortega) A. Gray, Asteraceae alt. Compositae

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Notes: ''Certat viribus cum praecedenti, cujus congener.
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Accession Number: 6331.0377
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
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Gender: Male
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Salvia fastuosa Sp. N.''
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Salvia sessei Benth., Lamiaceae alt. Labiatae

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Accession Number: 6331.0378
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Echites uniflora Sp. N.''
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Macrosiphonia hypoleuca (Benth.) Standl., Apocynaceae

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Accession Number: 6331.0379
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Passiflora {punctata L.} trisetosa''
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Passiflora jorullensis H.B.K., Passifloraceae

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Accession Number: 6331.0380
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
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Credit: The Torner Collection of Sessé and Mociño Biological Illustrations, Courtesy of Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Title: ''Poinciana pulcherrima L. -- Caesalpinia elegantissima''
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Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw., Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae

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