Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute

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Accession Number: 6331.1813
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
Nationality:
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: ''Amomum? rutilans''
Taxon:

Zingiberaceae

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Notes: On sketch paper.
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Accession Number: 6331.1814
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: ''Ubaria purpurea N.''
Taxon:

Sapranthus violaceus (Dun.) Schatz, Annonaceae

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Accession Number: 6331.1815
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: ''Flor de Ubaria''
Taxon:

Abelmoschus moschatus Medik., Malvaceae
Annona purpurea Dunal, Annonaceae

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Notes: ''5 bentallas muchas semillas segun el abrir corresponde a la clase 16. fruto de luna planta que se llama Algalia, ODa. Elvira. La ayen fustla y elisen que las semillas son excelentes machacadas hasta 7. o 8. vevidas en vino, o agua pa. la rabia.'' On sketch paper.
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Accession Number: 6331.1816
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: ''Epidendrum coccineum''
Taxon:

Orchidaceae

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Accession Number: 6331.1817
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: ''Pterocarpus orbiculatus''
Taxon:

Pterocarpus orbiculatus DC., Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae

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Accession Number: 6331.1818
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: ''Character emendandus Jacq. -- Triplaris W.''
Taxon:

Polygonaceae ?

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Accession Number: 6331.1819
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
Nationality:
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: ''Triplaris F.''
Taxon:

Polygonaceae

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Accession Number: 6331.1820
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: ''Capparis brevisiliqua''
Taxon:

Capparis flexuosa (L.) L., Capparidaceae

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Accession Number: 6331.1821
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: ''Dryope lotoidea''
Taxon:

Ebenaceae

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Notes: ''D{y}iospyres affinis, imo species, sed nova.'' On sketch paper.
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Accession Number: 6331.1822
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: ''Polygonum cirrhosum''
Taxon:

Antigonon leptopus Hook. et Arn., Polygonaceae

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Accession Number: 6331.1823
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: ''Mimosa inga -- Vinca rosea''
Taxon:

Apocynaceae
Inga, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae

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Accession Number: 6331.1824
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
Nationality:
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: ''Cactus geminifolius''
Taxon:

Pereskia autumnalis Rose or P. lychnidiflora DC., Cactaceae

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Accession Number: 6331.1825
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: ''Bignonia martynioides''
Taxon:

Godmania aesculifolia (H.B.K.) Standl., Bignoniaceae

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Notes: (but seed wings wrong! and flower brown). On sketch paper.
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Accession Number: 6331.1826
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 appendiculata''
Taxon:

Aphelandra heydeana Donn. Smith, Acanthaceae

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Accession Number: 6331.1827
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
Nationality:
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: ''Lafoensia mexicana''
Taxon:

Lafoensia punicifolia DC., Lythraceae

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Accession Number: 6331.1828
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: ''Cobaea acutiflora''
Taxon:

Polemoniaceae

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Accession Number: 6331.1829
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: ''Pissonia''
Taxon:

Asteraceae alt. Compositae
Nyctaginaceae

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Accession Number: 6331.1830
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: ''Leonia bignoniaeflora''
Taxon:

Lamiaceae alt. Labiatae ? Scrophulariaceae ?

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Accession Number: 6331.1831
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
Nationality:
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: ''Heterospermum deficiens''
Taxon:

Heterosperma ? pinnatum Cav., Asteraceae alt. Compositae

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Notes: Sketches of human face, bottom right and reverse. On sketch paper.
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Accession Number: 6331.1832
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: Unknown
Life Span: (fl.1787–1803)
Nationality:
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: ''Epidendro -- Cymbidium pallens''
Taxon:

Laelia albida Lindl. ?, Orchidaceae

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Notes: Includes indecipherable annotation on common name. On sketch paper.
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Accession Number: 6331.1833
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: ''Sycios angulata''
Taxon:

Sicyos, Cucurbitaceae

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Accession Number: 6331.1834
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: ''Elatherium quadrifidum''
Taxon:

Rytidistylis carthagenensis (Jacq.) Hook. et Arn., Cucurbitaceae

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Accession Number: 6331.1835
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:
Taxon:

Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae

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Accession Number: 6331.1836
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:
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Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae

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Accession Number: 6331.1837
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: ''Rhamnus -- Rhamnus? terniflorus''
Taxon:

Colubrina ehrenbergii Schlecht. ?, Rhamnaceae

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