EditorialKakteen. Cacti. Kunstformen der Natur / Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel. Leipzig : Bibliographisches Inst., 1914 ; Wien. Source: Wf1/1811 plate 13.
EditorialCochineal beetle, Dactylopius coccus (Coccus cacti) on a prickly pear cactus, Opuntia species. Handcoloured lithograph from Georg Friedrich Treitschke's Gallery of Natural History, Naturhistorischer Bildersaal des Thierreiches, Liepzig, 1840.
EditorialThe Spanish island of Lanzarote was conquered by Jean de Bethencourt in 1402 and presented to the King of Castile, Henry III. In 1730 a massive volcanic eruption covered one third of the island with lava. Cacti on Lanzarote.
EditorialTrees, cacti, and plants in a religious painting of the vaulted tomb chamber of Sennedjem (No. 1), a necropolis official of the early Ramessid Period (18th Dynasty), in the cemetery of Deir el-Medina.