Decorative scientific painting, brings a scientific touch to your interior - Hail Fuchsia by Charles d'Orbigny

Reproduction engraving of: Slender Fuchsia (Fuchsia gracilis, Lindl.)

Illustration taken from the Universal Dictionary of Natural History, written under the direction of Charles Henry Dessalines d'Orbigny (1806-1876) and published from 1841 to 1849.

This work, considered one of the major achievements of the 19th century in terms of scientific synthesis and quality popularization, wonderfully illustrating the great beauty and impressive diversity of the biological world, was supplemented by a certain amount of scientific information, some extracts of which are reproduced below.

Important note: the scientific classification elements of the time have been preserved as they are and may of course be obsolete today.

Scientific classification and description of the species present in the engraving:

Class of Dicotyledonous Plants
Subclass Polypetales
Subdivision of Polypetals-perigynia
Order of Apospermae aperispemae
Family of Onagrariae or Oenotherae
Slender fuchsia (Fuchsia gracilis, Lindl.)
Fig. 1. Longitudinal section of the flower.
Fig. 2. Two stamens with a petal and a calyx lobe.
Fig. 3. Cross section of the ovary.
Fig. 4. Stigma.
Fig. 5, 6. An anther seen from two different sides.
Fig. 7. Ovum.
Fig. 8 Diagram of the flower.