All Resolutions
15-17 Var. hemisphaerica — 18-20 M. gummifera.
(Plate 9.)
Artist
- Name:
- Roetter, Paulus
- Dates:
- 1806-1894
- Country:
- Germany, US
Illustration
- Subject:
- Plants
- Technique:
- Metal engraving
- Engraver:
- Rebuffet
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- Botanicus, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- The botanical works of the late George Engelmann (volume of plates)
- Author(s):
- Engelmann, George
- Publisher:
- Cambridge, MA: J. Wilson and Son, 1887
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
Botanical steel engraving showing subspecies of Mammillaria heyderi, namely M. heyderi subsp. gummifera, M. heyderi subsp. hemisphaerica, and M. heyderi subsp. meiacantha. M. heyderi subsp. hemisphaerica and M. heyderi var. applanata are currently considered to be synonyms. Mammillaria heyderi is a plant in the family Cactaceae, native to Mexico and the United States.
Keywords: 1880s, 19th century, black & white, Cactaceae, flower, reference book
