Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute

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Accession Number: 6331.1863
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
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Fungi

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Notes: On sketch paper.
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Accession Number: 6331.1864
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: ''{Euphorvia} -- Euphorbia trifolia''
Taxon:

Avicennia ?, Verbenaceae
Euphorbia, Euphorbiaceae

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Medium: watercolor
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Dimensions (cm): 30.75 x 21.5
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Notes: One drawing on each side of sketch paper.
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Accession Number: 6331.1865
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: ''vide Curatellam [?] -- Recchia decandra''
Taxon:

Recchia mexicana DC., Simaroubaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 31 x 22
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Accession Number: 6331.1866
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: ''Cistus -- Helianthemum astylum''
Taxon:

Cistaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 35 x 24
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Accession Number: 6331.1867
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: ''Mimosa -- Mimosa an diferta geminata?''
Taxon:

Mimosa geminata DC., Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae

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Accession Number: 6331.1868
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: ''Cassia brachystachya''
Taxon:

Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae

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Dimensions (cm): 31.25 x 22
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Accession Number: 6331.1869
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: ''Hetero {[illegible]} spermum. N. m. hibridum''
Taxon:

Heterospermum ?, Asteraceae alt. Compositae

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Accession Number: 6331.1870
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: ''Melampodium -- Curatella americana -- Berberis pinnata -- Besleriae resupinatae fructus''
Taxon:

Berberis, Berberidaceae
Columnea schiedeana Schldl., Gesneriaceae
Melampodium, Asteraceae alt. Compositae
Dilleniaceae, Curatella americana L.

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Dimensions (cm): 21.5 x 31
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Accession Number: 6331.1871
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: ''Gomphia mexicana Humb.''
Taxon:

Ouratea, Ochnaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 32 x 22
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Accession Number: 6331.1872
Artist Name: SESSÉ & MOCIÑO: attributed to Echeverría y Godoy, Atanasio
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: ''Chelonae lutegrifolium -- Chelone saponariaefolia''
Taxon:

Scrophulariaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 30 x 21
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Notes: ''Notka.'' On sketch paper. "Name carefully hand-printed by the artist Echeverría." "the illustration, evidently also the work of Echeverría ..." according to Rogers McVaugh, Botanical Results of the Sessé & Mociño Expedition (1787–1803): VII. A Guide to Relevant Scientific Names of Plants (Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, 2000, p. 488.
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Accession Number: 6331.1873
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: ''Fruto del arbol que se llaman 'Alberchiga' segunda espesio de Zapote Blanco -- Cyclostemon rubripes''
Taxon:

Dicotyledoneae
Stegnosperma halimifolium Benth., Phytolaccaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 35 x 24
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Accession Number: 6331.1874
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: ''Capraria biflora Jacq. -- Capraria integrifolia''
Taxon:

Scrophulariaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 31.5 x 22
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Accession Number: 6331.1875
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:
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Avicennia germinans (L.) Stearn ?, Verbenaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 30 x 21
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Accession Number: 6331.1876
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: ''Anaxabia glabra''
Taxon:

Gymnosperma glutinosum (Sprengel) Less., Asteraceae alt. Compositae

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Accession Number: 6331.1877
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: ''Thaliae anathome -- Cephalis? suartzii -- Hacquetia -- {[illegible]} anathome -- Digitalis H. acaulis''
Taxon:

Psiguria triphylla (Miq.) C. Jeffrey, Cucurbitaceae
Psychotria, Rubiaceae
Scrophulariaceae
Stromanthe hjalmarssonii Koern., Marantaceae
Stromanthe macrochlamys (Woods. et Standl.) Kennedy et Nicols., Marantaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 20.5 x 30
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Notes: Includes artist's notes. On sketch paper.
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Accession Number: 6331.1878
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
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Clitoria plumieri Turp. ex Pers., Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae

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Dimensions (cm): 35 x 24
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Accession Number: 6331.1879
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: ''Hibiscus siculnea''
Taxon:

Hibiscus uncinellus DC., Malvaceae
Hybanthus ?, Violaceae[[Rinorea ?, Violaceae

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Support: paper
Dimensions (cm): 25.5 x 15.25
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Accession Number: 6331.1880
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: [Ae]schinomene; ''Melastoma solaniflora''; Spermacoce -- Diodia villosa
Taxon:

Aeschynomene, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
Clidemia hirta (L.) Don, Melastomataceae
Diodia villosa DC., Rubiaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 24 x 35
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Accession Number: 6331.1881
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: ''Arnholiza [?] -- Achras -- Lussacia albiflora''
Taxon:

Conostegia cf. arborea Schauer?, Melastomataceae
Conostegia volcanalis Standl. & Steyerm.?, Melastomataceae
Dicotyledoneae
Sapotaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 20.5 x 16
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Accession Number: 6331.1882
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: ''Bignonia''
Taxon:

Bignoniaceae[[Dicotyledoneae

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Dimensions (cm): 19 x 25
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Accession Number: 6331.1883
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: ''Solanum''
Taxon:

Solanum tridynamum Dun., Solanaceae

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Accession Number: 6331.1884
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: ''Mimosa geminata''
Taxon:

Mimosa geminata DC., Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae

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Accession Number: 6331.1885
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: ''Clitoria brasiliensis -- Nicotia fruticosa''
Taxon:

Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae

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Dimensions (cm): 24 x 35
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Accession Number: 6331.1886
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: ''Acmella geminiflora''
Taxon:

Heliantheae s.l., Asteraceae alt. Compositae

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Dimensions (cm): 31 x 21.5
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Accession Number: 6331.1887
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: ''Stillingia sufruticosa''
Taxon:

Stillingia zelayensis (H.B.K.) Muell. Arg. ?, Euphorbiaceae

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Dimensions (cm): 30 x 21
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