Elizabeth Knight Britton's Expeditions and Honors
When the Garden began a series of expeditions to the Caribbean during…
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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…
Jamaican root tonics are fermented beverages composed of roots, bark, and other…
Catherine Furbish was born in 1834 in Exeter, New Hampshire. From an…
Although not related to true cinnamon, Cinnamodendron corticosum is a similar spice tree.…
Highly respected among her male peers in the 18th century, Jane Colden…
Mary Agnes Chase was a self educated, determined, and influential botanist. Early…
What's in a name?Women in Science
For as long as we've been using binomial nomenclature to name species,…
The NYBG herbarium has over two thousand specimens that are labeled as collected…
Focus on ScienceWhat's in a name?
The amount of time between when a species is first collected and…
Specimen StoriesWomen in Science
Tucked away in an office drawer of NYBG’s Fern Curator, Robbin Moran,…
The establishment of The New York Botanical Garden was the result of…
Between 1805 and 1813, in Ballylickey on the shores of Bantry Bay,…
See more of Ellen Hutchin's beautifully detailed marine algae collections.