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Descriptive Entry:
These papers consist of incoming correspondence from botanists, directors of herbaria, colleagues, and friends concerning the identification and determination of botanical
specimens; specimen collecting; purchasing specimens, especially from Southeast Asia and Mexico; nomenclature concerning African specimens; publications; scientific activities;
and personal matters.
Historical Note:
Robert Merrill King (1930-2007) was a Research Associate with the Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, from 1971 to 1972. King's botanical studies
concerned Compositae.
Folder 1 Correspondence from Lloyd H. Shinners concerning the publication of his magazine SIDA; plants collected by him for the Southern Methodist University Herbarium; his writings; and personal matters (1965-1970)
Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Dry wooded area between ocean beach and lagoon, 4 kilometers southwest of Salina Cruz., Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America - Neotropics
Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Grazed areas 11 kilometers northwest of the village of La Ventosa, along the Trans-Isthmian highway (route 185)., Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America - Neotropics
Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Grazed areas 11 kilometers northwest of the village of La Ventosa, along the Trans-Isthmian highway (route 185)., Tehuantepec, Oaxaca, Mexico, North America - Neotropics