Wellcome Trust es una ONG especializada en financiar investigación biomédica que, además, convoca cada año el Wellcome Images Award, que premia a los autores de imágenes de investigación con criterios científicos. Pero además, mantienen un banco de imágenes donde se pueden encontrar bellezas como ésta:
L0035349 Flower and leaves of the Plumeria tree, America, 1731
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Illustration showing flower and leaves of the Plumeria flore rofeo odoratissimo tree, a species of Nerium which was first introduced from the American continent to Barbados and other sugar islands. The flowers are tubulous and divided into five segments; they are of a rose colour and very fragrant.
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The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands …
Mark Catesby
Published: 1731-1743
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