A Revision of the Genus Cinchona & Systematics of Erisma. Mem (80-81) NYBG PRESS he even began preparing his

he even began preparing his own illustrations of plants

and plentiful illustrations for the flora of this region

thorough descriptions

Most of the papers focus on promising yet underexploited neotropical resources and on alternative solutions to modes of economic development that have led to acute deforestation in the humid tropics

A Revision of the Genus Cinchona & Systematics of Erisma. Mem (80-81) NYBG PRESS he even began preparing hisThe revision aims to improve the reputation of one of the most infamous genera of Andean plants: Cinchona. Occurring spontaneously in premontane and montane forests from central Bolivia to northern Colombia and Venezuela, Cinchona is medically important as a source of quinine. The goal of this treatment is to sort out many of the 330 names used and species ascribed to this group by taxonomists and pharmacists from the late 18th century to the present.