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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
• 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 Heterocondylus alatus in Minas Gerais, Brazil, on October 10, 1930.
• She collected a sample of Brickellia diffusa in Jalisco, Mexico, on November 23, 1926.
• 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 Heterocondylus alatus?
It was on October 10, 1930, in the state of Minas Gerais, that Ynés Mexía added a new specimen to her growing collection of botanical samples: Heterocondylus alatus of the Asteraceae family.
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While both specimens collected by Ynés Mexía are members of the Asteraceae family, Heterocondylus alatus was collected in Minas Gerais, Brazil, and Brickellia diffusa was collected in Jalisco, Mexico.
B
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.
C
Ynés Mexía collected a sample of Heterocondylus alatus in October of 1930 and Brickellia diffusa in November of 1926.
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