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The Planalto Expedition Program

An “Interview” with Howard S. Irwin and William R. Anderson

A Year in Brazil: Marian Irwin's letters 1965-66

The Participants

The Expeditions and Maps

Photographs from Dorothy Irwin

Photographs from William R. Anderson

Photographs from Steven R. Hill

Irwin’s final report to NSF

This Catalogue

Introduction and Search

Project Interns

Related Catalogues

Species of Eastern Brazil Catalogue

Vascular Plant Type Catalogue

Flora and Mycota of Acre, Brazil

For More Information

A Guide for Use of the Virtual Herbarium

Participants in the Planalto expeditions, 1964--1975

Anderson, William Russell, 1942-
Institutional affiliation: (then) The New York Botanical Garden; (now) University of Michigan (retired)
William R. Anderson William R. Anderson William R. Anderson William R. Anderson
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
Mary T. Kalin Arroyo Mary T. Kalin Arroyo Mary T. Kalin Arroyo
Universidad de Chile staff profile

Barneby, Rupert Charles, 1911-2000
Institutional affiliation: (then and until his death) The New York Botanical Garden
Rupert Barneby
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
Bus on balsa Joaquim Fonseca Filho Joaquim Fonseca Filho Joaquim Fonseca Filho Joaquim Fonseca Filho
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
Sidney Geraldo da Fonseca Sidney Geraldo da Fonseca Sidney Geraldo da Fonseca Sidney Geraldo da Fonseca Sidney Geraldo da Fonseca Sidney Geraldo da Fonseca Sidney Geraldo da Fonseca Sidney Geraldo da Fonseca Sidney Geraldo da Fonseca
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
Paul Fryxell
Biographical sketch

Gates, Bronwen E., 1945-
Institutional affiliation: (then) graduate student, University of Michigan
Bronwen Gates


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
Ray Harley


Hatschbach, Gert Guenther, 1923-
Institutional affiliation: (then and now) Museu Botânico Municipal, Curitiba, Brazil
Gert Hatschbach


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
Steven R. Hill Steven R. Hill Steven R. Hill
Illinois Natural History staff page

Irwin, Howard Samuel, 1928-
Institutional affiliation: (then) New York Botanical Garden; (now) retired
Howard S. Irwin
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
Joseph Kirkbride Joseph Kirkbride
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
Raimundo Santos Raimundo Santos Goiás, Serra do Caiapo; Raimundo Reis dos Santos with orchid Raimundo Santos
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
Thomas R. Soderstrom
Field Museum of Natural History staff page

Soderstrom, Thomas Robert, 1936-1987
Institutional affiliation: (then and until death) Smithsonian Institution
Thomas R. Soderstrom Thomas R. Soderstrom
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
Raimundo Souza Raimundo Souza Raimundo Souza Raimundo Souza Raimundo Souza Raimundo Souza Raimundo Souza Raimundo Souza Raimundo Souza Raimundo Souza Raimundo Souza
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
Michael Stieber Michael Stieber


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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