Hunt Institute specializes in the history of botany and all aspects of plant science and serves the international scientific community through research and documentation. To this end, the Institute acquires and maintains authoritative collections of books, plant images, manuscripts, portraits and data files, and provides publications and other modes of information service. The Institute meets the reference needs of botanists, biologists, historians, conservationists, librarians, bibliographers and the public at large, especially those concerned with any aspect of the North American flora. Learn more
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BPH Online
This is a fully indexed and searchable database documenting periodicals published between 1665 and the present that have addressed the plant sciences. It provides recommended title abbreviations, cross-references from other published abbreviations and complete titles, details of volumation and duration, and other basic bibliographic data for each periodical.
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Catalogue of the International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration database
With reproductions of the artworks and portraits of and biographical data for the artists, the database is searchable by artist name, caption (including title, taxon, medium, support and year of completion), country of residence, notes and exhibition number and year. With the addition of the 17th International artists, the database continues to be the most comprehensive and concise record available of contemporary botanical artists and illustrators with individuals represented now totaling 1,255.
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The Art and Science of Rafael Lucas Rodríguez Caballero
16 September–17 December 2025This exhibition celebrates the extraordinary life and work of Rafael Lucas Rodríguez Caballero, Costa Rican botanist, artist and educator.
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