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Object name(s):
seaweed: floated, pressed and dried; DELESSERIACEAE: Phycodrys rubens Batters: sea oak; sea oak
Brief description:
If protected from light, red seaweeds can retain their colour for hundreds of years. Famous Victorian seaweed collector Amelia Griffiths found this specimen of sea oak at Ilfracombe. This object is not on display.
Collection:
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
Associated concept:
Plant
Current location:
Not on display
Field collection place:
Ilfracombe
Place coordinates:
-4.12,51.207999999999998
Field collection place:
Devon
Place coordinates:
-4.12,51.207999999999998
Field collection place:
United Kingdom: England
Place coordinates:
-4.12,51.207999999999998
Field collection place:
Northern Europe
Place coordinates:
-4.12,51.207999999999998
Field collection place:
Europe
Place coordinates:
-4.12,51.207999999999998
Field collector:
Devon & Exeter Institution (from the collection of)
Field collector:
Mrs Amelia Warren Griffiths (from the collection of)
Object name:
seaweed: floated, pressed and dried; DELESSERIACEAE: Phycodrys rubens (Linnaeus) Batters: sea oak; sea oak
Object number:
91/1931/367
Reproduction number:
91-1931-367-shot2.jpg
Responsible department/section:
Natural Sciences
Responsible department/section:
Algae

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/7ff4ab12-4046-3b3f-9ec4-66b9965f7195

Use licence for this record: CC 0

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/7ff4ab12-4046-3b3f-9ec4-66b9965f7195, Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, CC 0

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