Roy Mottram

Reproduced from Bradleya 20, 2002 with permission of the British Cactus and Succulent Society (BCSS) and of the author. Michel Lacoste is gratefully acknowleged for having obtained the original copies of the plates.
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Short history of Charles Plumier with reproductions of the original plates and text from Botanicon Americanum (1689-1697). Analysis and identification of the plates are provided. Some of these plates were reproduced in the middle of the 18^th century by J. Burman.

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Right: Pilosocereus polygonus; plate 22, Vol. 3. Courtesy Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris.