Shell Ginger

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Artist

Name:: Henderson, Peter Charles
Dates:: 1799-1829
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Plants
Technique:: Metal Engraving
Engraver:: Caldwall, James
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Missouri Botanical Garden Library, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:: New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus: and the temple of Flora, or garden of nature
Author:: Thornton, Robert John
Publisher:: London: 1807
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Description:

View of stalk, leaves, and flowers of shell ginger in the foreground of an landscape with a river, woodland, and mountains in the far distance. Shell ginger (Alpinia zerumbet), formerly known as nodding renealmia, is a plant in the family Zingiberaceae native to eastern Asia.

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{{cite web | title=Shell Ginger | url=https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/alpinia-zerumbet/ | author=Henderson, Peter Charles | year=1807 | access-date=July 13, 2025 | publisher=Old Book Illustrations}}