botany

An Introduction to Resources—Especially Botanical Resources—at the Field Museum for Latin American Researchers by Joshua Henkin

Research Corner

Today I am excited to present a post on a topic that differs a bit from some of the previous ones, as it focuses on Latin American-oriented botanical resources at the Field Museum in Chicago. Joshua Henkin is a Research Associate at the Field Museum of Natural History in the Department of Botany. He has a BA in Biochemistry from the University of Pennsylvania (2010) and a PhD from the University of Illinois at Chicago in Pharmacognosy (2019).

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Mesoamerican Ethnobotanical Database, Field Museum, Chicago, IL

Mesoamerican Ethnobotanical Database, Field Museum, Chicago, IL. https://collections-botany.fieldmuseum.org/project/6655. Accessed July 2020.

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South American Collections Materials from the Flowering Plants section of the Field Museum Herbarium, Chicago, IL

South American Collections Materials from the Flowering Plants section of the Field Museum Herbarium, Chicago, IL Photo Credit: Joshua Henkin, 2019.

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Erythroxylum Collection webpage, Field Museum, Chicago, IL.

Erythroxylum Collection webpage, Field Museum, Chicago, IL. https://www.fieldmuseum.org/node/5191. Accessed July 2020.

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Botanical Collections Homepage (2), Field Museum, Chicago, IL

Botanical Collections Homepage, featuring materials relevant to Central and South America. Field Museum, Chicago, IL. https://collections-botany.fieldmuseum.org/. Accessed July 2020.

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Botanical Collections Homepage (1), Field Museum, Chicago, IL

Botanical Collections Homepage (1), Field Museum, Chicago, IL, with broad, searchable categories. https://collections-botany.fieldmuseum.org/. Accessed July 2020.

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Maria Sibylla Merian and Alida Withoos. Women, Art and Science in the Early Modern World

Launch of a virtual bilingual version (English/Spanish) of the exhibit that took place at the University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain, from October 18, 2018 to January 19, 2019.

The exibiti is focused on the botanical drawings attributed by the Dutch physician Jan van Berkhey to the 17th century women artists and naturalists Maria Sibylla Merian and Alida Withoos that since the late 18th century are held at the Royal Botanical Garden in Madrid.

Curated by Montserrat Cabré (University of Cantabria) and María Cruz de Carlos (Autonomous University of Madrid).

Linnean Folklore Rediscovered.

Dear Historical Geography Scholars,

You may be interested to read that the source of Linnaeus' idea behind using the mythology about Andromeda and Perseus to name a plant genus has been found in a page of decoded Italian Medieval manuscript, dating from 1444. This tells us something about human geographical connections in Europe over the past centuries.

Botany, Trade and Empire: Symposium on Exploring Kew’s Miscellaneous Reports Collection 12 May 2020, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

Botany, Trade and Empire: Exploring Kew’s Miscellaneous Reports Collection

12 May 2020, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.

Linnaeus and Trying to Avoid the Inevitable.

Dear Death Scholars,

You may be interested to read that the source of Linnaeus' idea behind using the mythology about Andromeda and Perseus to name a plant genus has been found in a page of decoded Italian Medieval manuscript, dating from 1444. This particular manuscript page is focussed on avoidance of death by preventing the ageing process.

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