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Potamogeton richardii Solms (Isolectotype)

· Collected c. 1837; determined 1999–2002

Potamogeton richardii Solms (Isolectotype)
This is a herbarium specimen sheet, not a cartoon or caricature. It shows a pressed and mounted aquatic plant — *Potamogeton richardii* Solms (synonym *P. thunbergii*) — with dried stems, broad elliptical leaves, and spike-like flower structures fixed to archival paper with linen tape. Labels record two determinations: J. J. Symoens in 1999 and Z. Kaplan in 2002, who designated it an isolectotype. It originates from Schimper's Ethiopian collecting expedition. No satirical content, printmaking tradition, or caricature is present. Writing a cartoon wall label for this object would misrepresent a scientific primary source held in a natural history collection.

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