March 2018

Special Collections Request System (Aeon) now at Ernst Mayr Library

The Ernst Mayr Library is pleased to announce a new way to interact with our Special Collections and Archives.  In addition to email, phone and in-person inquiries, library users can now request materials in advance through Hollis.

This system is now in place in several libraries on campus, including the Botany Libraries, Tozzer and Houghton.

The Special Collections Request System allows patrons to register and place requests for materials online. Upon registering, an...

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BHL Gains Works on the Diverse Plant Genus ‘Hoya’

Photograph of red flowers, in the genus Hoya.
Hoya fetuana on cover of Hoya New, v.6: issue 4, 2017. Photo by Robert Dale Kloppenburg. http://s.si.edu/2BuX7ll.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a cross-post from the Biodiversity Heritage Library's blog: see it here

Robert Dale Kloppenburg is definitely a dedicated botanist. As of January 2018 - when he celebrated his 97th birthday - he has named 234 plant species, mainly in the flowering genus Hoya, which has been his focus for close to forty years since his retirement.
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