Research Training Program

Dan Townsend
University of Minnesota - Duluth
Duluth, MN

Vicki Funk, Ph.D.
Supervising Scientist
Department of Botany

"The curators were excellent in answering any questions posed to them."

Compositae Curation & Studies

This project had 3 basic parts:

1. Writing genus and species descriptions of assigned Compositae species found in the Guianas, completing a key of these species, and completing distribution maps of these species.

2. Curating Dr. Jose Cuatrecasas's collection, sorting for distribution, and manufacturing of labels for the unmounted species of the collection.

3. Curating the U.S. Compositae collection: repacking, checking nomenclature, and shifting the collection