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Robin Hopkins

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The process of species formation fascinates me. I am particularly interested in understanding the role of natural selection in causing diverging plant populations to become species. Pursuing this goal entails investigating fundamental questions of...

Andrew H. Knoll

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Andrew Knoll is a paleobotanist who focuses on the early evolution of life, as well as physiologically-informed interpretations of Paleozoic vascular plants.

Biographies

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It truly took a village to create Icones Farlowianae. Here are brief biographies of some of the key people. William Gilson Farlow Roland Thaxter Lilian Horsford Farlow Joseph Bridgham Louis C. C. Krieger Edward A. Burt Carroll W. Dodge

Museum of Vegetable Products

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The Founding: Asa Gray and Sir William Jackson Hooker In a letter dated April 30, 1858, Asa Gray wrote to Sir William Jackson Hooker saying "I must tell you that in humble imitation of Kew, I am going to establish a museum of vegetable products, etc., in...

Botanical Illustrations from the Harvard University Herbaria

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The beauty of botany and the importance of scientific accuracy come together in these original works of art in the archives of the Harvard University Herbaria. These collections overseen by the Botany Libraries date from the early 1800s to the mid-1900s...

Geneva Sayre (1911-1992) Papers

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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: Geneva Sayre - teacher, scholar, bryologist, bibliographer, and town historian - was born on June 12, 1911 in Guthrie, Iowa. She attended Grinnell College (1929-1933) where she studied botany with her teacher, Henry Conard. She earned...

Chinese Pith Paintings

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The two-volume collection of botanical paintings on pith paper currently housed in the Archives of the Arnold Arboretum (Cambridge) were acquired by Charles Sprague Sargent around 1912. Chinese paintings of flowering plants, hand-colored on rice paper...

Access to Digital Reproductions of Works in the Public Domain

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ADOPTED JUly 5, 2017 General principle The mission of the Harvard University Herbaria is to advance scholarship and teaching by committing itself to the creation, application, preservation, and dissemination of knowledge. The use and reuse of digitized...

Icones Farlowianae

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The creation of Icones Farlowianae: Illustrations of the Larger Fungi of Eastern North America was a long and complex journey. It involved no less than four botanists, two professional artists, two commercial printers, one warehouse, and numerous...

Researcher Spotlight - Ruth Holden and Kono Yasui

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Scientific collections serve as important tools for research and education, but they can also be sources of great inspiration. Those who study and manage these collections are often shaped by them; professional careers and entire life paths can start with...

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Scientifically accurate representations of plants are critical to the field of botany, particularly when describing new species and distinguishing between similar species. Scientists and artists use living plants and specimens to create lifelike art that...