Spreading the Herbarium Gospel

…taxonomy. It would be exciting to find a specimen or two collected by David Augustus Williston when he taught at NC A&T in 1898!   SOURCES: 1. https://www.nps.gov/articles/david-williston-learning-from-leaders.htm accessed on…

Max Hoyt Hommersand

…Cape Town, Botany Department, University of Cape Town, 12th-15th December 1993. [s.l.: International Seaweed Biogeography Workshop]. (with Christine A. Maggs). Seaweeds of the British Isles. Volume 1: Rhodophyta. Part 3A:…

Paul W. Gabrielson

…1987. A cladistic analysis of Rhodophyta: Florideophycidean orders. Br. Phycol. J. 22: 125-138. Garbary, D.J. & P.W. Gabrielson. 1987. Acrochaetiales (Rhodophyta): taxonomy and evolution. Crypt. Algol. 8: 241-252. Gabrielson, P.W….

New Lichens in The Old North State

…so stay tuned!” Distribution map for Crimson Frosted Palmetto Lichen, Arthonia rubrocincta, in North Carolina. Map generated by Lichens of North Carolina website.3   SOURCES: 1. “About the NCBDP”. https://nc-biodiversity.com/…

The Story of the Streamhead Lobelia, Lobelia batsonii

…for 30 years. The State [newspaper], 1 April 2015. Columbia, South Carolina. https://www.thestate.com/living/article17183867.html accessed on 13 January 2021. Photo by Bonnie Dutton. * Bruce Sorrie’s beautifully illustrated book A field…

Robert Rolland Brinker, O. F. M.

…of Sciences (CAS: bryophytes), Canadian Museum of Nature (CANM: bryophytes), Duke University (DUKE: bryophytes), Harvard University (FH: bryophytes), Field Museum (F: bryophytes), Illinois Natural History Survey (ILLS: bryophytes & vascular…

Elsie Julia Gibson Whitney

…Fauna #46. Washington, D.C. : Government Printing Office. 3. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F60915FC3F5412738DDDA80A94DF405B848DF1D3 accessed on 9 November 2011. 4. Elsie Gibson Whitney. Find A Grave Memorial ID #121725317. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121725317 accessed on 8 May,…

Walking with Walter and William

…David H. 1980. Thomas Walter Carolina Botanist. Museum Bulletin Number 5: South Carolina Museum Commission, Columbia, South Carolina. 5. “Thomas Walter” The Historical Marker Database. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=39003 accessed on 23 Jan…