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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

Kuntze in Trinidad

Mar 19 2019

Otto Kuntze collected this plant in Trinidad in 1874. 360° view of…

By Nicole Tarnowsky

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

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

The Brittons: Partners in Life and Botany

Apr 15 2019

Collectors

The establishment of The New York Botanical Garden was the result of…

By Nicole Tarnowsky, Lisa Vargues

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

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 Feder

In the field with Susan Pell

Mar 12 2020

Women in Science

I first got to know Susan Pell when she was a grad…

By Douglas C. Daly, John D. Mitchell

Thomas Gaither - Activist and Biologist

Feb 1 2021

Collectors

Dr. Thomas Walter Gaither (1938 - ) was born in Great Falls, South…

By Laura Briscoe

James Lendemer

Mar 21 2019

Collectors

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

By Laura Briscoe

4 Millionth Specimen

Apr 22 2019

Specimen Stories

With 7,800,000 specimens in our herbarium, reaching 4,000,000 specimens catalogued in our…

By Laura Briscoe

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

Becoming a mountain woman

Mar 19 2019

CollectorsWomen in Science

Marie Mooar spent a lot of time in the wilds of western…

By Amy Weiss

J. K. Small's exploration in Southern Florida, 1915

Apr 21 2019

Expeditions

John Kunkel Small, botanist and herbarium curator at the the New York Botanical…

By Amy Weiss

J. K. Small and the changing Florida landscape

Apr 21 2019

People had been living in Florida for centuries, but there is little…

By Amy Weiss

Art Cronquist's Hat

Mar 9 2019

ExpeditionsCollectors

If you spend time looking at herbarium specimens collected by Arthur Cronquist,…

By Amy Weiss

John Kunkel Small

Apr 21 2019

Collectors

John Kunkel Small (1869-1938) was a taxonomist and botanical explorer, who specialized…

By Amy Weiss

John Muir

Apr 2 2019

Collectors

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

By Amy Weiss