Illustration of the reproductive structures of the common, or black, alder tree (Alnus glutinosa). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Whessell f

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Illustration of the reproductive structures of the common, or black, alder tree (Alnus glutinosa). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Whessell from a drawing by Isaac Russell from William Baxter's British Phaenogamous Botany (1836). William Baxter (1788-1871) was the curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden, UK, from 1813 to 1854.

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Photo credit: © FLORILEGIUS/NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, LONDON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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