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Haeckel Filicinae 92 - Public domain zoological illustration

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(center): Alsophila sp. (in Cyatheaceae)

(left): Polypodium sp. (in Polypodiaceae)

(right): Asplenium nidus = Asplenium nidus L.

(bottom left, above): Angiopteris sp. (in Marattiaceae)

(bottom left, below): Monogramma sp. (in Pteridaceae)

(bottom right): Pteris quadriaurita = Pteris quadriaurita Retz.

Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1834 – 1919), German zoologist, naturalist, philosopher, physician, professor, marine biologist, and artist who promoted and popularized Charles Darwin's work, was born on 16 February 1834, in Potsdam (then part of the Kingdom of Prussia). The published artwork of Haeckel includes over 100 detailed, multi-color illustrations of animals and sea creatures, collected in his Kunstformen der Natur ("Art Forms of Nature").

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alsophila cyatheaceae angiopteris asplenium nidus cyatheaceae ernst haeckel ferns in art kunstformen der natur marattiaceae monogramma mount gede polypodiaceae polypodium pteridaceae pteris quadriaurita unidentified alsophila unidentified angiopteris unidentified monogramma unidentified polypodium zoological illustration high resolution
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1904
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Ernst Haeckel

Kunstformen der Natur and Die Radiolarien by Ernst Haeckel
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Kunstformen der Natur (1904), plate 92: Filicinae at the Tjiburrum waterfalls near Tjibodas, Mount Gede, Java (see here, here and here)
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label_outline Explore Ferns In Art, Zoological Illustration, Kunstformen Der Natur

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alsophila cyatheaceae angiopteris asplenium nidus cyatheaceae ernst haeckel ferns in art kunstformen der natur marattiaceae monogramma mount gede polypodiaceae polypodium pteridaceae pteris quadriaurita unidentified alsophila unidentified angiopteris unidentified monogramma unidentified polypodium zoological illustration high resolution