Ynes Mexia, plant explorer

Mexia found her calling late in life, but her contributions to botany are impressive. Her Mexican American heritage gave her an advantage in her fieldwork throughout Central and South America. 

A good place to start:

• Bonta, Marcia. Women in the Field: America's Pioneering Women Naturalists. College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 1991. https://search.lib.utexas.edu/permalink/01UTAU_INST/1ilchdf/alma991046415349706011

See also:

• http://latinonaturalhistory.biodiversityexhibition.com/en/card/ynes-mexia
• https://thememorypalace.us/roots-and-branches-and-wind-bourne-seeds/
• https://www.calacademy.org/blogs/from-the-stacks/archives-unboxed-ynes-mexia

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