A Space of Their Own

Madeleine-Françoise Basseporte

Selected Works

Portrait of a Young Woman

1727

A black and white image shows three de-fleshed views of a human head, which expose the muscles, veins, and brain below. There is a front view, where the head looks out to the viewer; a back view, which shows the rear of the skull and back of the brain; and a side view, which shows the ear and side view of brain. There are also two illustrations of the human brain.

Wax models of the head and neck and of the right hemisphere of the brain

1749
J. Robert after Madeleine-Françoise Basseporte, Wax models of the head and neck and of the right hemisphere of the brain, 1749. Engraving, 20.9 x 16.7 cm. Wellcome Library no. 34190i
Wellcome Library

A sepia-toned image shows a shirtless young man draped over the lap of a woman, both seated at the base of a tree. In the branches, two cherubs lookdown from above. Outside the image on the sheet is the title of the work, Diane et Endimion.

Diana and Endymion

c. 1729-40
Madeleine–Françoise Basseporte after Nicolas Lesuer, Diana and Endymion, c. 1729-40, Woodcut, 45 x 31 cm. British Museum, 1855,0609.215
British Museum

Acacia lebbeck Willd

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Agave virginica L. […]

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Albuca alba […]

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Aletris bifolia […]

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Aletris capensis L […]

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Aloe Africana humilis […]

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Aloe rubescens […]

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Aloe succotrinae angustifoliae […]

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Aloe vera major Munting […]

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Alstroemeria ligtu […]

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Alstroemeria pelegrina L. […]

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Amaranthus fruticosus erectus […]

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Amaryllis formosissima L. […]

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Ammania foliis lanceolatis […]

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Amellus (Sychnitis) […]

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Ammi lacinulis foliorum capillaribus

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Anamenia coriacea Vent […]

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Andromeda caliculata

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Andromeda paniculata L.

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Androsace Alpina […]

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Arapabaca quadrifolia, fructu testiculato

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Aristolochia pistolochia

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Arum amplis foliis cordiformibus […]

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Arum Canadense […]

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Asclepias hirsuta Scammonii […]

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Aster Chenopodii folio annuus […]

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Aureliana Canadensis, sinensibus […]

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Azalea nudiflora L. Amer sept

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Bignonia, foliis simplicibus, cordatis

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Bocconia ramosa, sphondylii […]

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Boerhaavia scandens […]

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Bontia daphnoides […]

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Branche de fruit du fraisier de batte des Anglois

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Browallia, […]

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Buphthalmum abyssinicum […]

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Cacalia atriplicifolia L. […]

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Cactus parasiticus […]

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Calceolaria foliis Scabiose vulgaris [...]

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Calycanthus floridus L.

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Camara spinosa flore variegate

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Campanule Alpina Teucrii […]

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Campanula grandiflora L. […]

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Cerastium aquaticum

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Cerato-Cephalus Virginiantus […]

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Cerinthe foliis hirpidis

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Cerinthe foliis latis hirpidis

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Cestrum laurifolium […]

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Chamaerododendros Canadensis […]

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Cheiranthus cheiri […]

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Chelone pentstemon

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Chrysocoma anthelmintica

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Cirsium horridum Mich. […]

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Clematitis Balearica […]

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Clinopodium menthaefolio incanum et odoratum

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Collinsonia L.

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Commelina hexandra […]

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Commelina zazonia […]

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Convolvulus batatas

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Conyza Africana foliis oblongis dentatis glutinosis […]

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Conyza chinensis […]

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Conyza dioscoridis […]

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Conyza faetida Lamk […]

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Conyza odorata L. […]

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Cornus canadensis L.

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Cornus florida L. […]

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Cotyledon hispanica L.

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Cotyledon portulacea Lamk […]

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Crassula perfossa Lamk. […]

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Crassula tetragona L.

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Cynanchum suberosum […]

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Cynoglossum angusto glauco folio

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Cyrtanthus vittatus Desf. […]

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Cytharexylum Americanum alterum

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Dianella nemorosa […]

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Dirca palustris L. Amer.

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Dracaena draco […]

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Dracena triangularis […]

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Duranta plumieri L. […]

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Erigeron philadelphocum […]

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Eryngium aquaticum L. […]

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Erythronium dens-canis […]

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Eupatorium frutescens, foliis lanceolatis

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Euphrasia foliis oblongis obtuse serratis

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Ficoides afra fruticosa caule lanugine argentea […]

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Ficoides Africana, erecta, teretifolia, floribus albis umbellatis […]

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Ficoides Africana folio terete in villos radiatos abeunte

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Ficoides Africana folio triangulari incurvo et dentato

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Ficoidea Africana folio plantaginis undulato micis […]

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Ficoides seu ficus Aizoides Africana minor erecta folio […]

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Frutex scandens petrofelini […]

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Fucus parvus, atrovirens unifolium […]

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Gardenia florida L.

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Gladiolus

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Gladiolus polystachyus […]

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Gladiolus tristis […]

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Grangea latifolia […]

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Gratiola foliis latioribus serratis Banister […]

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Guajabara alia racemose foliis […]

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Helianthus mollis Lamk. […]

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Helleborine radice arundinacea

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Helleborus trifolius […]

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Hesperis foliis laciniatis […]

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Hieracium grandiflorum

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Hura crepitans L.

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Hydrastis canadensis L.

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Hyoscyamus physalodes […]

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Ixia

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Ixia cepacea Red […]

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Ixia miniate Jacq. […]

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Jasminum aliud arborescens […]

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Jatropha coccinea Vent

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Kalankoe aegyptiaca DC

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Lactuca spinose L. […]

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Laurus persea L. […]

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Laurus sassafras […]

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Ledum palustre L. Alpes

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Leea crispa L. Asie

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Leonurus sibiricus L. […]

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Lobelia longifolia L. […]

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Lilio narcissus sive […]

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Linnaea borealis L. […]

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Ludwigia capsulis oblongis uncialibus

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Lunaria, foliis multifidis […]

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Lychnis grandiflora Jacq. […]

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Lycoperdon alpinum maximum […]

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Lysimachia floridana lutea minor […]

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Melongena lauri […]

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Menziezia poliifolia Juss

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Mercurialis spicata faemina Dioscoridis et Plinii

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Mimosa leucocephala

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Ocymum grandiflorum L’Her. […]

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Ocymum, spica florum laxa et longa

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Olea fragrans

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Onagra angustifolia, flore luteo frutu tetragono

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Ornithogalum Africanum […]

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Ornithogalum viride Juss

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Paeonia tenuifolia […]

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Palma humilis, radiata, latifolia

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Parthenium integrifolium […]

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Peltaria alliacea […]

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Penthorum Linn. Gen. Coroll. […]

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Peucedanum majus Italicum […]

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Phalangium albucoides […]

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Phalangium elatum […]

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Phlomis tuberosa L. […]

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Phyllanthus grandifolia L.

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Phytolacca dodecandra L. […]

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Phytolacca dioica L. […]

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Pittonia

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Pittonia arborescens chamaedrifolia major

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Pittonia frutescens

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Plectranthus punctatus […]

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Polemonium reptans L.

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Polygala penea L. Antilles

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Polygonum sagittatum L. […]

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Porophyllum foliis oblongis […]

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Portesia ou Ehretia

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Portulacaria afra Jacq. Cap.

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Pothos faetida Mich […]

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Prunus caroliniana Wild

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Quamoclit pennatum erectum floribus in Thrsum digestis

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Randia foliis subrotundis Lucidis

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Randia mitis, L. […]

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Ranunculus hirsutus, fructu oblongo

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Rajania hastata […]

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Rauvolfia tetraphylla latifolia […]

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Rauwolfia nitida […]

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Rheum palmatum

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Rhexia mariana L.

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Rhododendron maximum L.

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Roioc humifusum fructu cupressino […]

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Royena lucida L. Cap.

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Rubia tinctorum sativa

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Rudbeckia purpurea […]

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Ruellia pedunculis multifloris dichotomis folio

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Salvia foliis cordatis serratis flore parvo violaceo et albo

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Salvia frutescens, floribus coccineis

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Salvia labio corollae superiori breviore fauce patente

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Salvia nilotica

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Satureia Americana frutescens foliis linearibus dentatis

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Saxifraga crassifolia L.

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Saxifraga pensylvanica L.

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Sebestena domestica

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Sedum aïzoon L.

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Sempervivum canariense L.

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Serratula foliis lanceolato oblongis serratis […]

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Serratula squarrosa L. […]

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Sesuvium portulacastrum L. […]

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Sibthorpia parisiana Hort. Paris […]

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Sideritis orientalis scordioides

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Sideroxylon atrovirens Lamk […]

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Sideroxylon lycioides L. Amer sept

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Sideroxylon melanophleum L. […]

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Sideroxylon spinosum L. Afrique sept

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Silphium laciniatum […]

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Solanum marginatum […]

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Solanum tomentosum […]

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Sphaerantos folio oblongo minor […]

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Spilanthus oleracea fusca […]

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Talinum patens Wild [..]

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Teucrium canadense

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Teucrium massiliense

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Thalictroides / Saraceni

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Thevetia, Linn, Hort […]

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Thlaspi saxatile […]

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Tithonia tagetiflora Desf. […]

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Tithymalus Aegyptius

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Valeriana sibirica L.

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Veltheimia abyssina

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Verbena Americana […]

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Vitis trifolia uva corymbosax […]

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Volkameria L.

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