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Paper, 'Plagianthes (chloranthus): a new genus of plants' by Olaf Swartz

Reference number: L&P/9/57

Date: 1787

Description

Contains plate.

Subject: Botany

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Chloranthus, a new genus of plants, described by Olof Swartz, M.D. communicated by Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S'

Read 21 June 1787

Reference number
L&P/9/57
Earliest possible date
1787
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
8 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Plagianthes (chloranthus): a new genus of plants' by Olaf Swartz, 1787, L&P/9/57, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_57/paper-plagianthes-chloranthus-a-new-genus-of-plants-by-olaf-swartz, accessed on 20 June 2025

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