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UTK Herbarium - TENN@utkherbarium.bsky.social · 3w ago

In 1934, the UT Herbarium lost nearly 30,000 specimens in the Morrill Hall fire, including the historic collections of Dr. Augustin Gattinger. Thanks to Aaron "Jack" Sharp and support from other institutions, the collection has grown to approximately 710,000 specimens.

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UTK Herbarium - TENN@utkherbarium.bsky.social · last mo.

Every specimen has a story to tell—and every story begins with careful preparation. Our Curatorial Technicians carefully mount vascular plant specimens using archival materials, creating lasting scientific records that will support research for generations to come.

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Ele Willoughby@minouette.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Happy birthday to #botanist Isabella Aiona Abbott (1919-2010), 🧪👩🏻‍🔬 #histsci renown algae expert, celebrated seaweed cook, devoted teacher and mentor, expert on Hawaiian ethnobotany, the first Indigenous Hawaiian woman to earn a doctorate in science and the first woman or person of colour to become 🧵

My linocut portrait of Isabella Aiona Abbott in indigo on cream coloured paper. She’s facing forward at a table in a shirt and sweater vest with a sheet with algae samples on the table. In my print, she is surrounded by algae of the Pacific, all of which appeared in Abbott's research publications, including several species she discovered, or based on images of specimen she personally collected or whose traditional use as food she documented. The algae are in pinks, khaki green and rust.
UTK Herbarium - TENN@utkherbarium.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Our Curatorial Technicians have been hard at work processing newly acquired bryophyte specimens this summer. The UT Herbarium houses more than 183,000 bryophyte specimens, making this collection an important resource for research, conservation, and education.

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