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Bignoniaceae - Tecorna dendrophila
- Dendrophila trifoliata From: Rumphia, sive commentationes botanicae imprimis de plantis Indiae orientalis, … by Carl Ludwig Blume. Leiden, etc., 1835-1848, (plate 190). Hand-coloured lithograph by G. Severeyns after Gordon (sheet 251 x 427 mm; left margin a bit cropped). Text missing. € 100
Magnificent plates of the
flora of the East Indies. The title refers to Georg Eberhard Rumpf (Rumphius).
Blume saw himself as continuing Rumpf’s pioneering work and indeed Blume was
given the cognomen ‘Rumphius’ as his spiritual disciple.* Nissen BBI 178; Great flower books p. 50; Stafleu & Cowan 566. www.meemelink.com · index · Bignoniaceae |