Pen & Ink

Pung coolie or Bitter melon Momordica charantia showing fruti split to reveal seeds

Prickly pear Opuntia ficus-indica pen and ink line drawing

Milk thistle Silybum marianum pen and ink line drawing

Madagascar periwinkle Catharanthus roseus ink line drawing

Leaf of life Bryophyylum pinnatum or Kalanchoe pinnata pen and ink line drawing

Klip dagga Leonotis nepetifolia with detail of individual flower

Juk juk or Culantro Eryngium foetidum pen and ink line drawing

Gumbo-limbo or copperwood Bursera simaruba line drawing

Davis root or David’s milkberry Chiocacca alba pen and ink line drawing

Cattle tongue or Cough bush Pluchea carolinensis pen and ink line drawing

Bush tea or Quickstick Gliricidia sepium line drawing

Blue vervain or Blue porterweed Stachytarpheta jamaicensis pen and ink line illustration

Aloe vera pen and ink line drawing showing the plant in flower  

Orchid bee Euglossa cybelia with Cycnoches guttulatum orchid.  Illustration from “The Hidden Universe” by Alexandre Antonelli

Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus with log-pile, bracket and other fungi, nettles, and a small tortoiseshell butterfly.

Chloroplast diagram showing a simplified inside view of a chloroplast

White Oak Quercus alba with schematic and simplified root structure

Oyster mushrooms Pleurotus ostreatus growing from a shared base.  Illustration from The Hidden Universe: Adventures in Biodiversity by Alexandre Antonelli

Thylacine Thylacinus cynocephalus, an extinct marsupial mammal. Illustration from The Hidden Universe: Adventures in Biodiversity by Alexandre Antonelli

Wolf Canis lupus hunting Elk Cervus canadensis in Yellowstone Park. Illustration from The Hidden Universe: Adventures in Biodiversity by Alexandre Antonelli

Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus with nettles, log pile, fungi, and butterfly. Illustration from The Hidden Universe: Adventures in Biodiversity by Alexandre Antonelli

Wonky vegetables and fruit including potatoes, onions, carrots, and apples. Illustration from The Hidden Universe: Adventures in Biodiversity by Alexandre Antonelli

Beavers Castor canadensis with beaver dam.  Illustration based in Tierra del Fuego, where introduced beavers have damaged the closed ecosystem. Illustration from The Hidden Universe: Adventures in Biodiversity by Alexandre Antonelli

Coffee plant Coffea arabica with flower berry beans. Illustration from The Hidden Universe: Adventures in Biodiversity by Alexandre Antonelli