Ynes Mexia
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Ynés Enriquetta Julietta Mexía was a Mexican-American botanist notable for her extensive collection of novel specimens of flora and plants originating from sites in Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. She dis
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Begonia ynesiae L.B. Sm. & Wassh. botanical drawing
Arbutus xalapensis
Dolichandra unguis-cati
Asteraceae
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Asteraceae is a large family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the
Ynes Mexia
…for her extensive collection of novel specimens of flora and plants originating from sites in Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. She discovered a new genus of Asteraceae, known after her as Mexianthus, and accumulated over 150,000 specimens for botanical study over the course of a career spanning 16 years enduring…
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A typical Asteraceae flower head, showing the (five) individual ray florets and the (approximately 16) disk florets of Bidens torta specimen
Discoid flowerheads of Delairea odorata
Dandelions on an alpine slope in Switzerland