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Otto Kuntze

Apr 12 2019

CollectorsExpeditions

Carl Ernst Otto Kuntze was a german botanist who made expeditions to every…

By Nicole Tarnowsky

Ellen Hutchins - Ireland's First Female Botanist

Apr 7 2019

CollectorsWomen in Science

Between 1805 and 1813, in Ballylickey on the shores of Bantry Bay,…

By Madeline Hutchins, Laura Briscoe

John Muir

Apr 2 2019

Collectors

John Muir (1838–1914) was an influential naturalist and conservationist, and co-founder of the…

By Amy Weiss

Dolly's Lichen

Apr 1 2019

What's in a name?

NYBG lichen curator James Lendemer and then-PhD student Jessi Allen named this…

By Laura Briscoe

Augustine Henry

Mar 26 2019

Collectors

Augustine Henry was one of the first and most prolific western botanists to collect in Central China,…

By Nicole Tarnowsky

Otto Kuntze 1894 Trip to Southern Africa

Mar 26 2019

Otto Kuntze spent 4 months exploring Southern Africa, arriving in Cape Town,…

By Nicole Tarnowsky

Otto Kuntze 1891-1893 Trip through South America

Mar 26 2019

From 1891 to 1893 Otto Kuntze explored South America. He started this…

By Nicole Tarnowsky

Jeanne Baret

Mar 26 2019

CollectorsWomen in ScienceExpeditions

Jeanne Baret was the first woman ever to circumnavigate the globe, but…

By Nicole Tarnowsky, Amy Weiss

Kuntze in Rio Paraguay, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Mar 25 2019

In July 1892, Kuntze traveled down the Rio Paraguay, into Mato Grosso,…

By Nicole Tarnowsky

Kuntze in Atacama Desert, Chile

Mar 25 2019

Otto Kuntze collected this plant in 1892 in the Atacama Desert of…

By Nicole Tarnowsky

Kuntze on Devil's Peak, South Africa

Mar 24 2019

See what Otto Kuntze would have seen from Devil's Peak, South Africa…

By Nicole Tarnowsky

Fabian Michelangeli's field trip to Cuba, November 2013

Mar 24 2019

Expeditions

A recent expedition to eastern Cuba took three Cuban colleagues and me…

By Fabián Armando Michelangeli

Charles Fremont

Mar 22 2019

Collectors

Most of us take road maps for granted. Early voyagers across the…

By Amy Weiss, Nicole Tarnowsky

The Lemmons: Partners in Botany

Mar 22 2019

CollectorsWomen in Science

Sara Plummer met John Gill Lemmon in 1876 when he came to…

By Amy Weiss, Nicole Tarnowsky

Alice Eastwood

Mar 22 2019

CollectorsWomen in Science

Alice Eastwood was a self-taught Canadian-American botanist. After graduating from high school…

By Leanna M. Feder

James Lendemer

Mar 21 2019

Collectors

James Lendemer is one of the youngest curators at the New York…

By Laura Briscoe

Otto Kuntze 1874-1876 Trip Around the World

Mar 21 2019

Otto Kuntze spent two full years from February 1874 to February 1876 traveling around…

By Nicole Tarnowsky

Three Thousand Miles up the Amazon

Mar 21 2019

Expeditions

At the age of 61, Ynés Mexía embarked on the adventure of…

By Ynés E. J. Mexia, Leanna M. Feder