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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 Achyrocline vauthieriana in Minas Gerais, Brazil, on May 3, 1930.
• She collected a sample of Antennaria monocephala in Alaska, the United States, on July 1, 1928.
• 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 Mexia's collection of Achyrocline vauthieriana?
While both specimens collected by Ynés Mexía are members of the Asteraceae family, Achyrocline vauthieriana was collected in Minas Gerais, Brazil, and Antennaria monocephala was collected in Alaska, the United States.
A
It was on May 3, 1930, in the state of Minas Gerais, that Ynés Mexía added a new specimen to her growing collection of botanical samples: Achyrocline vauthieriana of the Asteraceae family.
B
Thousands of botanical samples collected from across the Americas by Ynės Mexía can now be found in one place: online at the C.V. Starr Virtual Herbarium.
C
Ynés Mexia collected a sample of Achyrocline vauthieriana in May of 1930 and Antennaria monocephala in July of 1928.
D