Ferns Palm Tree Antique Botanical Ferns Art Keychain

Vintage Botanical print of tropical ferns This print is of Filicinae (Ferns), by Ernst Haeckel from a 1904 antique botanical book. The antique botanical print is the 92nd plate from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms of Nature), showcasing elaborate ferns. The 92nd plate from Ernst Haeckel's ''Kunstformen der Natur'' depicts organisms classified as Filicinae. A fern is a disparate group of botanical species belonging to the botanical group known as Pteridophyta. Fern plants have stems, leaves, and roots, and reproduce with spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. About Botanist Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (February 16, 1834 – August 9, 1919) Haeckel was a German biologist, naturalist, philosopher, physician, professor and artist. In his lifetime, the naturalist / botanist discovered thousands of new species and mapped a genealogical tree relating all life forms. He named biological terms including ecology, phylum, phylogeny, and stem cell. He created over 100 detailed botanical and biological illustrations in his Kunstformen der Natur.