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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 Trixis antimenorrhoea in Minas Gerais, Brazil, on June 26, 1930.
• She collected a sample of Stephanomeria thurberi in Chihuahua, Mexico, on May 27, 1929.
• These specimens are members 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 emphasize when she collected both of the samples?
Thousands of botanical samples collected by Ynés Mexía can now be found in one place: online at the C.V. Starr Virtual Herbarium.
A
While both specimens collected by Ynés Mexía are members of the same family, Trixis antimenorrhoea was found in Minas Gerais and Stephanomeria thurberi was found in Chihuahua.
B
On June 26 in 1930, Ynés Mexía added a new specimen to her growing collection of botanical samples: Trixis antimenorrhoea of the Asteraceae family.
C
Ynés Mexía collected a ssample of Trixis antimenorrhoea in June of 1930, after collecting Stephanomeria thurberi in May of 1929.
D