The perfect specimen : the 20th century renown botanist Ynés Mexía /
Anema, Durlynn.
The perfect specimen : the 20th century renown botanist Ynés Mexía / Durlynn Anema. - 174 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Attending college at 50-years-old was rare in the 1920's especially for a woman. For Ynés Mexía it marked the beginning of a career as a botanical collector. Throughout the rest of her life, she took long expeditions into the wilds of Mexico, South America and Alaska accompanied, with few exceptions, only by her native guides. These explorations enabled her to find thousands of specimens including several hundred newly discovered ones. Her legacy lives on through her botanical discoveries and a new genus and fifty new species named after her.
0881001708 9780881001709
Mexía, Ynés, 1870-1938.
Women botanists--United States--Biography.
Botanists--United States--Biography.
Explorers--United States--Biography.
Women explorers--United States--Biography.
Women adventurers--United States--Biography.
QK31.M438 / A535 2019
The perfect specimen : the 20th century renown botanist Ynés Mexía / Durlynn Anema. - 174 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Attending college at 50-years-old was rare in the 1920's especially for a woman. For Ynés Mexía it marked the beginning of a career as a botanical collector. Throughout the rest of her life, she took long expeditions into the wilds of Mexico, South America and Alaska accompanied, with few exceptions, only by her native guides. These explorations enabled her to find thousands of specimens including several hundred newly discovered ones. Her legacy lives on through her botanical discoveries and a new genus and fifty new species named after her.
0881001708 9780881001709
Mexía, Ynés, 1870-1938.
Women botanists--United States--Biography.
Botanists--United States--Biography.
Explorers--United States--Biography.
Women explorers--United States--Biography.
Women adventurers--United States--Biography.
QK31.M438 / A535 2019