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The 1932 expedition of David Fairchild to the Caribbean on board Utowana : botanizing in Beata, Saona, Trinidad, Tobago, and Tortola islands
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Show full item recordAbstract: | Research conducted in the Archive and Library of Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, the U.S. National Archives, and the U.S. National Herbarium allowed us to reconstruct field work performed by David Fairchild (1869–1954) in the islands of Beata, Saona, Tobago, Tortola, and Trinidad in 1932. This was part of a larger expedition to the Caribbean Islands, Suriname and Guyana by the United States Department of Agriculture between December 1931 and April 1932. During the collection endeavor to these five islands, 261 photographs were taken, 82 herbarium collections (75 species) were made, and 185 germplasm accessions (148 species) were added to the USDA germplasm repositories. In total, plant material for 185 species (224 collections) was collected. A major highlight of the trip were the herbarium collections that led to the description of the Beata endemic genus Armouria (Malvaceae). |
Author(s): | Marimon, Marlene
Oatham, Michael P. Jiménez-Rodríguez, Francisco Santiago-Valentín, Eugenio Francisco-Ortega, Javier |
Date: | 2022 |
Published: | Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 16(2), 505-532 |
Citation: | Marimon, M., Oatham, M. P., Jiménez-Rodríguez, F., Santiago-Valentín, E., & Francisco-Ortega, J. (2022). The 1932 expedition of David Fairchild to the Caribbean on board Utowana: botanizing in Beata, Saona, Trinidad, Tobago, and Tortola islands. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 16(2), 505-532. Recuperado de: |
URI: | https://bvearmb.do/handle/123456789/2302
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