Joachim Conrad Loddiges
(1738–1826)
Painting by John Renton
© London Borough of Hackney

The Zamioculcas and Gonatopus
Online Library

Plate No. 1408.
Caladium zamiæfolium.

by George Loddiges (text)
and George Cooke (plate).

in: The Botanical Cabinet, Consisting of Coloured Delineations of Plants,
from all Countries, with a short Account of each, Directions for Management &c.&c.
by Conrad Loddiges & Sons, The Plates by George Cooke. Vol. XV.
- London & Hackney 1828. Tab. 1408. - [Bot. Cab. t.1408]

note: this is the first description of Caladium zamiæfolium Lodd.
(Synonym of Zamioculcas zamiifolia (Lodd.) Engl.)

note: 'The Botanical Cabinet' was edited by Joachim Conrad Loddiges' son,
George Loddiges (1786–1846; official abbreviation: G.Lodd.). (Source: Wikipedia).
In botanical literature, however, Conrad Loddiges (1738-1826; official abbreviation: Lodd.)
is credited as the author of the basionym 'Caladium zamiaefolium Lodd.',
even though he had already died in 1826, two years before the publication of Vol. XV. (1828).
So the correct author's name of Zamioculcas zamiifolia might be (G.Lodd.) Engl.

George Loddiges
(1786–1846)
Painting by John Renton
© London Borough of Hackney

Plate 1408.
Caladium zamiæfolium
(Synonym of
Zamioculcas zamiifolia)

Text page by George Loddiges.

The Botanical Cabinet
Title Page of Vol. XV. (1828)
© Klassik Stiftung Weimar - Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek

Plate 1408.
Caladium zamiæfolium
(Synonym of
Zamioculcas zamiifolia)

Three different prints of the
plate by George Cooke.

Compare images of three different hand colored prints of this plate.
Note the different colors of the spathe.

As this plate is the first description of the taxon Zamioculcas zamiifolia,
different colors may be interesting.
However, please be aware that, to a certain degree, color variations may have resulted from either different conservation conditions or from scanning, photographic or image processing techniques.

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