Alternate Title: The Late Bloomer
Emma tells Emlyn about Ynes Mexia, the late-blooming botanist that collected over 150,000 plants during her short career, and Emlyn tells Emma about a new climate change podcast, the Warm Regards Podcast!
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Sources
Main Story - Ynes Mexia
- Siber, Kate. “How Finding Rare Plants Saved Ynes Mexia’s Life.” 2019. Outside Online. https://www.outsideonline.com/2390204/ynes-mexia-plant-collector
- Marks, Gabriela S. “Meet Ynes Mexia, late-blooming botanist whose adventures rival Darwin’s.” 2018. Massive Science. https://massivesci.com/articles/ynes-mexia-our-heroes/
- Radcliffe, Jane. “Ynes Mexia (1870-1938).” California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/library/special/bios/Mexia.pdf
- "Mexia, Ynes (1870–1938)." Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. . Encyclopedia.com. (September 8, 2019). https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/mexia-ynes-1870-1938
- Carter, Annetta. Interview of N. Floy Brocelin. "The Ynés Mexía botanical collections : oral history transcript / 1983." https://archive.org/stream/ynsmexabotan00bracrich/ynsmexabotan00bracrich_djvu.txt
- Kiernan, Elizabeth. “Late Bloomer: The Short, Prolific Career of Ynes Mexia.” 2015. NYBG. https://www.nybg.org/blogs/science-talk/2015/02/late-bloomer-the-short-prolific-career-of-ynes-mexia/
- Shor, E. (2000, February). Mexia, Ynes Enriquetta Julietta (1870-1938), botanical collector. American National Biography. https://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-1302002
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