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Paper, 'On Croton spiciatum' by Peter Jonas Bergius

Reference number: L&P/5/26

Date: 1768

Description

Contains plate.

Subject: Botany

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Croton spicatum, nova plantæ species ex America, quam descriptione ex icone illustravit Petrus Jonas Bergius, M. D. Hist. Nat. et Pharm. Profess. Stockh. R. Colleg. Med. Assessor, Reg. Acad. Scient. Stock. Membr.'

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L&P/5/26
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1768
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Ink on paper and plate
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7 pages
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Manuscript

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Peter Jonas Bergius

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Peter Jonas Bergius, Paper, 'On Croton spiciatum' by Peter Jonas Bergius, 1768, L&P/5/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_26/paper-on-croton-spiciatum-by-peter-jonas-bergius, accessed on 17 May 2025

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