Devoted to Dalea

…New World from Canada to Argentina, with 75 of those species endemic to Mexico.1 Though a member of the pea/bean family (Fabaceae), the flowers of many species are small and…

Robert Rolland Brinker, O. F. M.

…was a kind and sympathetic man with an excellent sense of humor. Let us hope that the world sees more of his type.”1 Species described by Brinker:3 Schoenocaulon comatum Brinker…

Alton McCaleb Harvill, Jr.

…He was preceded in death on January 29, 1988 by his devoted wife, Barbara Jean Hopkins Harvill, originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota… [Harvill] was born on November 20, 1916 in Russellville,…

A Carolina Onion from Asia

…western China, and Mongolia in the east – half a world away from the Carolinas. It was described in 1804 by the French artist Pierre-Joseph Redouté, botanical artist to Marie…

Wade Thomas Batson, Jr.

…University. Dr. Batson entered the U.S. Navy during World War II. In 1948 he entered Duke University, receiving a M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Botany. Dr. Batson taught botany and…

Mary Gwendolyn Burton Caldwell

…a graduate student in the Botany Department in 1938. “[She] thought the world of some of the UNC professors who mentored her in the typically male-dominated field… They would hike…

Percy H. Gentle

…Percy H. Gentle #56, along the Belize-Sibun River road, Belize District, British Honduras, 1931-1932; duplicate in F.)11 Primulaceae: Ardisia gentlei Lundell Rubiaceae: Randia gentlei Lundell Rutaceae: Zanthoxylum gentlei Lundell &…

Philip Jerome Crutchfield

…Kennedy Special Warfare Training Center. Mr. Crutchfield will assist with the collection and preservation of plants from all over the world. These plants are those which will provide food, shelter,…