Fulcaldea stuessyi

An illustration of the species Fulcaldea stuessyi Roque & V.A. Funk, a recently described member of the Compositae, or sunflower family of flowering plants. The specimen was discovered in 2010 in northeastern Brazil by Smithsonian research botanist Vicki Funk and confirmed as a new species using DNA sequencing and morphological examination. Known only from the type collection, this species is restricted to the Bahia region occurring in seasonally deciduous forests.
Full color illustrations of the new species' physical characteristics were captured by Alice Tangerini, botanical illustrator. Tangerini used a combination of traditional and digital techniques, beginning with pencil drawings composited into a layout, traced onto drafting film using special drafting film pencils, and finally scanned into Photoshop, where they were digitally colored. These plates and over 9,100 others are archived as part of Smithsonian’s Catalog of Botanical Illustrations.

Fulcaldea stuessyi (Asteraceae) - Type - Collection: I. Abreu 123 (holotype:ALCB!; isotype: US!), Aug 9 2010, Bahia, Brazil
Publication: TAXON 60 4): August 2011: 1095–1103, Fig. 4
Client: Funk, Vicki A. and Nádia Roque
Legend: A. habit, B. undersurface of leaf, C. stem, D. base of the involucres, E. floret capitulum, F. floret, G. Anther, H. Style apex, I. Achene and pappus
Artist: Tangerini, Alice R. - July 5 2011 - color digital
Notes: The color digital image was a layered Adobe Photoshop file from the scan of the original drawing done using plastic pencil on drafting film.
Other Numbers: Botanical Art Plate Link : 4549