Antonio José Cavanilles
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Antonio José Cavanilles was a leading Spanish taxonomic botanist, artist and one of the most important figures in the 18th century period of Enlightenment in Spain.
Statue of Cavanilles at the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid
Sterculia balanghas from the 1790 edition of Monadelphiæ classis dissertationes decem by Antonio José Cavanilles.
Painted as Banksia ericæfolia or Heath Banksia, family PROTEACEAE.
Dahlia
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Dahlia is a genus of bushy, tuberous, herbaceous perennial plants native to Mexico and Central America. Dahlias are members of the Asteraceae family of dicotyledonous plants, its relatives include the
Antonio José Cavanilles
…Kingdom of Valencia’.He named many plants, particularly from Oceania. He named at least 100 genera, about 54 of which were still used in 2004, including Dahlia, Calycera, Cobaea, Galphimia, and Oleandra. The standard author abbreviation Cav. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical…
Dahlia x hybrida
Dahlia
Orange Dahlia
Dahlia coccinea, parent of European "single" dahlias (i.e., displaying a single row of ligulate florets)