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Index of Botanists

NameSlane, Verna C.
Date of birth1927
Date of death2015
Remarks [author note: P.O. Box 123, Castries, St. Lucia, BWI] [collector note: A] "Bachelor of Science Degree in Community Service from Eastern Oregon State College and served for four years as a volunteer in the Peace Corps on the island of St. Lucia, West Indies. On the island she catalogued all of the various plant species and even discovered an unknown plant species in the process... she worked as a journalist and photographer at the News Guard in Lincoln City and the La Grande Observer in La Grande. Verna also published and edited a number of books." (vide Obituary news)
ASA Botanist ID175136 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/81d71cf8-9d31-4c09-8584-1ccef93e70f9
Variant nameVerna C. Slane
Variant nameSlane, Verna
Author nameV. C. Slane
Standard/Label NameV. C. Slane
Full NameSlane, Verna C.
Geography AuthorSaint Lucia
Geography CollectorSaint Lucia,  United States of America
Specialty AuthorSpermatophytes
Specialty CollectorPhanerogams
Citation as AuthorTypification in Taxon 36: 441-445. 1987
Citation as CollectorPhytologia 61: 3. 1986 Phytologia; Designed to Expedite Botanical Publication. New York
Citation as CollectorObituary in: Wallowa County Chieftain, 26 Aug 2015, https://www.wallowa.com/obituaries/verna-c-slane-feb-26-1927-aug-20-2015/article_dd7ccde8-deba-51c3-a201-4f228ed7c70d.html (via Anthony R. Brach; A, GH)
Member of teams/groups
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by V. C. Slane
Collections in[no date] (1),  1983 (1),  1984 (10),  1985 (25),  1986 (16)
Collector Teams:V. Slane & L. L. Jean-Pierre  R. A. Howard, E. A. Kellogg, V. Slane, P. F. Stevens & L. L. Jean-Pierre  L. L. Jean-Pierre & V. Slane  A. Glasgo & V. Slane  V. Slane & B. Rollet  L. L. Jean-Pierre, V. Slane & G. Cyril  V. Slane & J. Rickards  V. Slane & Augustine  R. A. Howard, E. A. Kellogg, V. Slane & L. Jean-Pierre  V. C. Slane, L. L. Jean-Pierre & V. Jn. Louis  V. C. Slane & R. Devaux 

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