Ynesa (Q56353161)

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Ynesa
genus of plants

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    4 January 2023
    The name Ynesa colenda is suggested for the Ecuadorean palma real, to commemorate the work of Mrs. Mexia, a woman with unusual interest, energy and courage, who devoted her later years to extending our know ledge of the plant world of tropical America. The many difficulties of getting large palms felled and dissected in the forest, making measurements, taking photographs, writing notes and preparing specimens, usually are avoided. Nobody before Mrs. Mexia had taken the trouble to bring home good palm material from Ecuador or from the neighboring regions, which have the richest palm flora in the world. Even the ivory palms, which usually are confined to the darkest and wettest forests of the Andes, were not disregarded by Mrs. Mexia. Some of the difficulties she encountered in obtaining photographs of large forest palms in Ecuador are stated in a letter written at Quito, June 13, 1934 (English)

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