(4 December 1931 – ?)1 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates about 65 vascular plant specimens collected by Richard Glenn Bowmer, who consistently signed herbarium…
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Stephen Gaddy Boyce
(5 February 1924 – 24 October 2015)1 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates at least eight vascular plant specimens collected by Stephen Gaddy Boyce, who…
Richard Halsted Ward
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(17 June 1837 – 28 October 1917) “We shall do poor work, indeed, if we do not make the microscope not only a source of pleasure to ourselves, but of…
Haru (Francia) Chisaki Hommersand
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(28 April 1926 – 17 May 2022) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates about 5,000 macroalgae collected by Haru (Francia) Chisaki Hommersand. Our vascular collection…
Frederick Gustav Meyer
(7 December 1917 – 13 October 2006) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates a single specimen collected by Frederick Gustav Meyer, but he annotated thousands…
Rebecca Deramus Bray
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(23 May 1939 – 21 January 2018) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged approximately 240 vascular plant specimens collected by Rebecca Deramus Bray. We…
Carl John Burk
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(30 December 1935 – 1 July 2022)1 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates about 170 specimens collected by Carl John Burk. Most were collected for…
Ralph Page Ashworth, Jr.
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(1 June 1918 – 30 August 1991) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill curates well over 450 vascular plants collected by Ralph P. Ashworth. He seems to have…
Dr. John Loomis Blodgett
(1809 – 1853) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates two vascular plant specimens collected by Dr. John Loomis Blodgett. Both came to NCU in a…
Rene Pomerleau
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(27 April 1904 – 11 October 1993) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates about 21 fungal specimens collected by Rene Pomerleau. Most are a species…