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Description: | Content of collection: Angiospermae, Pteridophyta, Lycopodiophyta, Gnetophyta and Bryophyta.
The Main Americas Collection of Higher Plants currently consists of approximately 2200 sheets of specimens, with specimens from 113 families. The collection predominantly contains flowering plant specimens; both monocots and dicots. Approximately 260 of these specimens belong to Compositae, and around 170 specimens belong to Leguminosae. There are representatives of many genera in each of these families. There are also many specimens from the Rosaceae, Cyperaceae, Gramineae and Ranunculaceae families. In addition, there are approximately 100 ferns, a small selection of Lycopodiaceae and Selaginellaceae, and one gymnosperm.
The majority of the specimens in the Americas Collection were collected in the late nineteenth century. Specimens in the Americas collection were predominantly gathered in North America in states such as California, Michigan and Illinois, but also Canada, and there are two specimens from South America (Rio Janeiro and Chile). Specimens from Canada include specimens collected in Assistance Bay (HMS Sophia) and Grant Land (Peary Arctic Club).
There are several specimens collected by John Davidson in this Americas collection. Davidson worked at the University of Aberdeen from 1893 to 1911. He later became a leading botanist in British Columbia, serving as the first Provincial Botanist of British Columbia and establishing the University of British Columbia's botanical garden. There are also many specimens collected by Lucien Marcus Underwood, a botanist who undertook in-depth studies of North American flora and helped establish the New York Botanical Garden. Furthermore, there are 20 specimens collected during the 1908-1909 Peary Arctic Expedition to the North Pole, and also several specimens collected by Cyrus Pringle; an American botanist known for having discovered many new species. Several of his specimens were collected in Mexico. In addition, there are many specimens collected by J.A. Sanford, and several specimens from D. Clarke's collection of flora from Michigan. | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Address: | King's College,
AB24 3FX | Identifier: | ABDUH:CLD20 | Relation: | ABDUA:CLD00 | Go to resource |
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