A preliminary verified list of plant collectors in Mexico

PHYTOLOGIA MEMOIRS VIA PRELIMINARY VERIFIED LIST OFPLANT COLLECTORS IN MEXICOCompiled byIRVING WILLIAM KNOBLOCHProfessor Emeritus, Department Botany and Plant PathologyMichigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824PHYT()L(X;iA MEMOIRS are published by Harold N. Moldenke Almaand L. Moldenkc,30'? Parkside Road, Plainfleld. N. 07060, USA., anasJ.international scienlific series to facilitate the publicationof larger botanical and phyto-ecologi( al papers.wmLISS^ARYTHE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDBf*BRONX, NEW YORK 10458PHYTOLOGIA MEMOIRS VIA PRELIMINARY VERIFIED LIST OFPLANT COLLECTORS IN MEXICOCompiled byIRVING WILLIAM KNOBLOCHProfessor Emeritus, Department Botany and Plant PathologyMichigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824PFn'TOLOC.IA MEMOIRS are published by Harold N. Moldenke and Alma L. Moldenke.:5()3 Parkside Road, Plainneld, 07060, USA..N.J. a,s aninternational scientific series to facilitate the publicationof larger botanical and phyto-ecological papers.1983Knobloch, Plant Collectors of Mexico iiiMexico has held, for several centuries, a fascination for count-less plant-oriented individuals. Regretably, not all of this fas-cination has been beneficial to the country due to unsupervised,large-scale collecting in the past. Stricter laws, now in effectwill, hopefully, insure the survival species there.of many endangeredHowever, with the increased pressure now being especiallyexerted,upon tropical taxa, it seems ...