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Mark Whitten

Mark standing at table with dried plant specimens

Profiles

Remembering botanist Mark Whitten

April 19, 2019

The Florida Museum is saddened to announce the sudden death of botanist Mark Whitten. Whitten was well known for his…Read More

A painting of red flowers

Features

Forgotten for decades, rediscovered watercolor collection features hundreds of Florida plants

October 22, 2018

Botanist Mark Whitten was rummaging in an old drawer in the University of Florida Herbarium for tracing paper when he…Read More

Florida yew

Collections

Herbarium specimens provide snapshots of plants’ past, data for future

May 18, 2017

While some might press flowers into books to preserve their beauty, researcher Mark Whitten does it to preserve history. Whitten,…Read More

Ordway-Swisher Biological Station

Fieldwork

9,700 acres tell stories of Florida’s past

August 14, 2014

It was home to Native Americans as early as 12,000 B.C., then settlers during the Civil War. Its pine trees…Read More

Endara and Whitten with orchid

Life on Earth

Revising ‘Red Book of Endemic Plants of Ecuador’

November 13, 2012

With an area about the size of Arizona, Ecuador seems small when compared to other South American countries, such as…Read More

botanist in orchid greenhouse

Collections

Herbarium plays vital role to researchers worldwide

May 1, 2007

The Herbarium at the Florida Museum of Natural History is run jointly by the Museum and the University of Florida…Read More

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Florida Museum of Natural History
Gainesville, FL 32611

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Jerald Pinson, Science Writer

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