Lichen petreus umbellatus, Hepatica tertia [Marchantia polymorpha]
Information
Title
Lichen petreus umbellatus, Hepatica tertia [Marchantia polymorpha]
Record type
Drawings
Original Reference
A/CAu/P/367
Author or creator
Aubriet; Claude (1665-1742); artist
Date
c.1700
Scope & content
Pen and ink drawing on paper of Lichen petreus umbellatus, Hepatica tertia (Marchantia polymorpha) by Claude Aubriet c.1700. Current botanical name: Marchantia polymorpha. Latin inscription 'Lichen petreus umbellatus, Hepatica tertia Tabern.' means 'umbellate rock lichen, third liverwort of Tabernaemontanus' (Jacobus Theodorus Tabernaemontanus, German botanist and physician). English vernacular name: common liverwort
Level
Item
Extent
1 item
Physical description
Pen and ink on paper with grey wash. 22.5 cm x 17 cm