|Question 27Verbal

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- Ynés Mexía was a Mexican American botanist.
- Between 1917 and 1938, she collected over 150,000 botanical samples throughout the Americas.
- She collected a sample of Wulffia maculata in Minas Gerais, Brazil, on January 25, 1930.
- She collected a sample of Senecio chapalensis in Jalisco, Mexico, on January 17, 1927.
- These specimens are part of the Asteraceae family.
- They can now be viewed online at the C.V. Starr Virtual Herbarium.
Which choice most effectively uses information from the given sentences to begin a narration of Mexía's collection of Wulffia maculata?
It was on January 25, 1930, in the state of Minas Gerais, that Ynés Mexía added a new specimen to her growing collection of botanical samples: Wulffia maculata of the Asteraceae family.
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Ynés Mexía collected a sample of Wulffia maculata in January of 1930 and Senecio chapalensis in January of 1927.
B
While both specimens collected by Ynés Mexía are members of the Asteraceae family, Wulffia maculata was collected in Minas Gerais, Brazil, and Senecio chapalensis was collected in Jalisco, Mexico.
C
Thousands of botanical samples collected from across the Americas by Ynés Mexía can now be found in one place: online at the C.V. Starr Virtual Herbarium.
D