Ynes enriqueta julietta mexia biography samples
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Category:Ynes Mexia
Alternanthera porrigens var. mearsii Eliasson botanical specimen.jpg 6,713 × 8,931; 61.6 MB
Arbutus xalapensis Kunth botanical specimen.jpg 6,794 × 8,934; 61.73 MB
Aristeguietia glutinosa (Lam.) R.M. King & H. Rob. botancial specimen drawings.jpg 6,358 × 9,536; 18.7 MB
Artwork by Jhosselyn (Kiara) Prado-Albizures (b5f7b79a-52d6-438d-93d7-a28cc25a654c).jpg 2,772 × 3,696; 2.6 MB
Begonia ynesiae L.B. Sm. & Wassh. botanical drawing.jpg 5,619 × 7,552; 9.44 MB
Bixa orellana L. - Annatto - Achiote - biological specimen.jpg 6,794 × 8,977; 54.02 MB
Coreopsis congregata holotype 00105882 Ynes Mexia 445.jpg 500 × 715; 45 KB
Cyperus hermaphroditus (Jacq.) Standl. plant specimen.jpg 6,763 × 8,991; 8.32 MB
Delostoma integrifolium botanical specimen.jpg 6,764 × 8,942; 57.39 MB
Dolichandra unguis-cati (L.) L.G. Lohmann botanical specimen.jpg 6,745 × 8,965; 53.58 MB
Gasteranthus atratus Wiehler biologic
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“Loud music wakes Vincent up in the middle of the night, and he sees a red pickup truck pull in at the house across the street. A red-headed girl and a man decked out in a sparkly western shirt and cowboy hat get out, and he proceeds to two-step up and down the driveway before they go inside. Through the windows, Vincent can see them dancing in unison, the man downstairs and the girl upstairs. Their movements are virtually identical and they begin spinning faster and faster. Suddenly, he sees what looks like horns begin to sprout from the man’s head! It seems there’s another monster mystery begging to be solved!
The next day at the library, Vincent reads about a border urban legend involving a handsome stranger who is really a dancing devil! He also meets a new student, Lilith del Diablo, who he saw the night before! Soon Vincent and his friends have gained Lily’s trust and she tells them her biological father, Luciano del Diablo, is intent on forcing her to
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Ynes Mexia
Mexican-American botanist (1870–1938)
Ynés Enriquetta Julietta Mexía (May 24 1870 – July 12 1938) was a Mexican-American botanist notable for her extensive collection of novel specimens of flora and plants originating from sites in Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. She discovered a new genus of Asteraceae, known after her as Mexianthus, and accumulated over 150,000 specimens for botanical study[1] over the course of a career spanning 16 years enduring challenges in the field that included poisonous berries, dangerous terrain, bogs and earthquakes for the sake of her research.[2]
Biography
[edit]Ynés Mexía was born on May 24, 1870, in Washington, D.C., to Enrique Mexia, a Mexican diplomat, and Sarah Wilmer Mexía.[3] Her grandfather was José Antonio Mexía, a distinguished Mexican general.[1] Sarah Wilmer was related to Samuel Eccleston, the fifth Catholic Archbishop of Baltimore.[4]
In 1873, her father returned to M