Participants in the Planalto expeditions, 1964--1975
Anderson, William Russell, 1942-
Institutional affiliation: (then) The New York Botanical Garden; (now) University of Michigan (retired)
University of Michigan Herbarium staff profile
Malpighiaceae Catalogue, University of Michigan Herbarium
Arroyo, Mary Therese Kalin, 1944-
Institutional affiliation: (then) post-doc at The New York Botanical Garden; (now) University of Chile, Santiago
Universidad de Chile staff profile
Barneby, Rupert Charles, 1911-2000
Institutional affiliation: (then and until his death) The New York Botanical Garden
Biographical sketch in Brittonia, 2001
Obituary in Taxon, 2001
Both: A Portrait in Two Parts, D. Crase
Fonsêca Filho, Joaquim
Institutional affiliation: professional bus driver, recruited to team by Sidney Fonsêca, also served as camp guard, cook, and plant press changer
An “interview” with Howard Irwin and William R. Anderson
Fonsêca, Sidney Geraldo da
Institutional affiliation: driver, Universidade de Brasília; served also as collector, mechanic, diplomat—essential to the
expeditions
An “interview” with Howard Irwin and William R. Anderson
A Year in Brazil: Marian Irwin's letters 1965-66
Fryxell , Paul Arnold, 1927-
Institutional affiliation: (then and to retirement in 1994) USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Texas A & M University
Biographical sketch
Gates, Bronwen E., 1945-
Institutional affiliation: (then) graduate student, University of Michigan
Grear, John Wesley, 1937-
Institutional affiliation: (then) graduate student of Howard Irwin at The New York Botanical Garden/Columbia University;
received Ph.D. in 1968 for his revision of Eriosema.
A Year in Brazil: Marian Irwin's letters 1965-66
Harley, Raymond Mervyn, 1936-
Institutional affiliation: (then and now) Royal Botanic Garden, Kew
Hatschbach, Gert Guenther, 1923-
Institutional affiliation: (then and now) Museu Botânico Municipal, Curitiba, Brazil
Hill, Steven Richard, 1950-
Institutional affiliation: (then) graduate student, H.H. Lehman College of the City University of New York; (now)
Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign
Illinois Natural History staff page
Irwin, Howard Samuel, 1928-
Institutional affiliation: (then) New York Botanical Garden; (now) retired
New York Botanical Garden Archives and manuscript collection
A Year in Brazil: Marian Irwin's letters 1965-66
Kirkbride, Jr., Joseph Harold, 1943-
Institutional affiliation: (then) graduate student of Howard Irwin at The New York Botanical Garden/City University of
New York; (now) USDA, Agricultural Research Service
Agricultural Research Service staff page
Maxwell, Richard Howard, 1926-
Institutional affiliation: (now) Indiana University Southeast, New Albany
Indiana University Homepage 1 and
Indiana University Homepage 2
Onishi, Eunice
Institutional affiliation: (then) Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
Ramos, José Ferreira
Institutional affiliation: (then) free lance tree climber and collector, operating out of Belém; (later) working in same
capacity at Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, when he collected with NYBG staff members, G. T. Prance,
D. Daly, and W. W. Thomas.
Santos, Raimundo Reis dos
Institutional affiliation: plant collector, Instituto de Pesquisa Agropecuária do Norte (IPEAN), Setor de Botânica, Belém,
but residing in Brasília and serving as collector and on expeditions with Irwin as camp cook and kitchen manager as well
An “interview” with Howard Irwin and William R. Anderson
A Year in Brazil: Marian Irwin's letters 1965-66
Smith [Merrill], Gary L., 1939-
Institutional affiliation: (then) The New York Botanical Garden; (now) Field Museum of Natural History
Field Museum of Natural History staff page
Soderstrom, Thomas Robert, 1936-1987
Institutional affiliation: (then and until death) Smithsonian Institution
Obituary in Taxon, 1987
Souza, Raimundo (Raimundinho)
Institutional affiliation: (then) plant collector and tree climber, Instituto de Pesquisa Agropecuária do Norte (IPEAN),
Setor de Botânica, Belém, but residing in Brasília during participation in the Planalto expeditions
An “interview” with Howard Irwin and William R. Anderson
A Year in Brazil: Marian Irwin's letters 1965-66
Stieber, Michael T. , 1943-
Institutional affiliation: (then) graduate student, University of Maryland; (now) Morton Arboretum
Wasshausen, Dieter C. , 1938-
Institutional affiliation: Smithsonian Institution, retired.
Yin-Tse Lee, Eric
Institutional affiliation: (then) graduate student, University of California, Santa Cruz; (now) Department of Biology,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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