Examination of Plant Specimens

Summary

Edward Ayensu, curator of plant anatomy and director of the Endangered Species Program at National Museum of Natural History, and Robert DeFilipps, coordinator of the Program's Endangered Flora Project, examine specimens of dried plants listed in a new Smithsonian Institution reference book entitled "Endangered and Threatened Plants of the United States," jointly published by the Smithsonian and the World Wildlife Fund, Inc.

Subject

• Ayensu, Edward S
• DeFilipps, Robert A
• Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs
• World Wildlife Fund
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

Notes

Featured in the "Torch," August 1978.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 02, Folder: August 1978, Image No. 94-8339

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

1978

Restrictions & Rights

• No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
• No Known Copyright

Topic

• Books and reading
• Endangered ecosystems
• Botany
• Plants
• Extinction (Biology)
• Books
• Plants--Extinction
• Endangered plants

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA RU000371 [94-8339]

Physical description

Gelatin silver prints; 10 x 8;

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