Ynes enriqueta julietta mexia biography of albert
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Mexia, Ynes (–)
Mexican-American botanical explorer whose research expeditions contributed greatly to the modern scientific classification of plants of the Americas.Name variations: Ynez Mexia.
Born Ynes Enriquetta Julietta Mexia on May 24, , in the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C.; died of lung cancer on July 12, , in Berkeley, California; daughter of Enrique Antonio Mexia (a diplomat) and Sarah R. (Wilmer) Mexia; attended the University of California, –37; married Herman E.
de Laue, around (died ); married Augustin A. de Raygados, in (marriage ended c.
Ynes enriqueta julietta mexia biography of albert
); no children.
Moved to San Francisco (); made first botanical expedition to collect plants (c. ); traveled to South America (–32).
Though Ynes Mexia spent little more than a decade as a working botanist, her expeditions and research remain integral to the scientific classification of thousands of plants indigenous to the Western hemisphere.
Mexia was born in in Washington, D.C. Her mother's family was of Maryland