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Some of our herbarium specimens are of incredibly rare species. This is…
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Specimen StoriesWomen in Science
Some of our herbarium specimens are of incredibly rare species. This is…
Although the bulk of specimens that find their way into the New…
Those who have read Barbara Kingsolver's newest novel, Unsheltered, will be familiar with the…
Natural history was immensely popular in the Victorian era, but women were…
While we might not get to summer with the likes of Madonna…
Mary Emily Eaton was an accomplished natural history illustrator employed at the…
Marie Mooar spent a lot of time in the wilds of western…
At the age of 61, Ynés Mexía embarked on the adventure of…
Alice Eastwood was a self-taught Canadian-American botanist. After graduating from high school…
Sara Plummer met John Gill Lemmon in 1876 when he came to…
Frances Horne was an academic, an artist and a botanist. She earned her…
Violetta Susan Elizabeth White Delafield (1875–1949) was a promising young mycologist at the…
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Jeanne Baret was the first woman ever to circumnavigate the globe, but…
Addisonia: Colored Illustrations and Popular Descriptions of Plants was a journal published by…
See more of Ellen Hutchin's beautifully detailed marine algae collections.
Between 1805 and 1813, in Ballylickey on the shores of Bantry Bay,…
The establishment of The New York Botanical Garden was the result of…
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Tucked away in an office drawer of NYBG’s Fern Curator, Robbin Moran,…
Focus on ScienceWhat's in a name?
The amount of time between when a species is first collected and…
The NYBG herbarium has over two thousand specimens that are labeled as collected…
What's in a name?Women in Science
For as long as we've been using binomial nomenclature to name species,…
Mary Agnes Chase was a self educated, determined, and influential botanist. Early…
Highly respected among her male peers in the 18th century, Jane Colden…
Although not related to true cinnamon, Cinnamodendron corticosum is a similar spice tree.…
Catherine Furbish was born in 1834 in Exeter, New Hampshire. From an…
Jamaican root tonics are fermented beverages composed of roots, bark, and other…
While digitizing specimens for the Texas and Oklahoma Regional Consortium of Herbaria,…
When the Garden began a series of expeditions to the Caribbean during…
Elizabeth Knight Britton’s grandfather James Knight owned a sugar plantation and a…
Elizabeth Gertrude Knight Britton’s career as a bryologist and her central role…
Elizabeth Knight Britton went on to complete her schooling at the Normal…
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Ethel Zoe Bailey (1889–1983), was the first curator of the Bailey Hortorium…
Sarah “Sadie” Frances Price (1849-1903) was one of Kentucky’s most esteemed botanical…
Caroline Coventry Haynes (1858-1951) is best known for her significant contributions to…
Gertrude Simmons Burlingham (1872-1952) was an American mycologist who specialized in the…
As scientific perspectives of the Enlightenment movement fostered enthusiasm surrounding the acquisition…
Josephine Elizabeth Tilden (1869-1957) was one of few women allowed a faculty…
The work and dedication of Elke Mackenzie (1911-1990) is critical to our…
Clara E. Cummings (1855-1906) was a cryptogamic botanist who focused primarily on…
Noris Salazar-Allen, acclaimed researcher and bryologist, studies the group of non-vascular plants…
Dra. Gabriela Gustava Hässel de Menéndez’s scientific career spanned almost sixty years…
Laura Guzmán-Dávalos’ explorations into the world of fungi are vast and far-reaching,…
Dr. Lidia Itatí Ferraro, born in 1951, is an accomplished Argentine lichenologist.…
A social worker and Sierra Club member at the time, Ynés Mexia…
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A beloved member of the NYBG community for over 40 years, Carol…
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Blanche Ames Ames (February 18, 1878 – March 2, 1969) was not…
In early March of this year Chicita Culberson, whose work has been…
Before Dr. Isabella Aiona Abbott became the first Native Hawaiian woman to…