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The Flora of the Bahamas, Donovan Correll, and the Miami University Connection

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The Flora of the Bahama Archipelago was published in 1982 by Donovan and Helen Correll and included illustrations by Priscilla Fawcett as well as others. This treatment included 1,350 species incorporated in 660 genera and 144 families. The Flora replaced the dated 1920 The Bahama Flora published by Britton and Milspaugh. A flora is an ever changing entity and although it is only 30 years since the publication the Corrells’ work much has changed. One unfortunate omission from the Corrells’ flora was an adequate treatment of the work of William T. Gillis (1933–1979) who produced many important papers that were already in the literature at the time (Kass & Eshbaugh, 1993). Subsequent to the publication of the Flora of the Bahama Archipelago individuals affiliated with Miami University published a plethora of scholarly works on the flora of the Bahamas. This contribution attempts to set forth a record of the relationship and impact of Miami University and its affiliated scholars, both students and instructors, who with their work have transformed and updated our knowledge of the flora of the Bahamas. This is a continual process that will be ongoing into the foreseeable future.

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La Flora of the Bahama Archipelago (1982), escrita por Donovan y Helen Correll, incluyó ilustraciones por Priscilla Fawcett y otros. Este estudio consistió en 1,350 especies en 660 genera y 144 familias. “La Flora” reemplazó la anticuada publicación titulada The Bahama Flora escrita por Britton y Milspsaugh en 1920. Una flora es una entidad en transformación continua y, aunque sólo hace treinta años desde la publicación de la obra del matrimonio Correll, han sucedido muchos cambios taxonómicos y florísticos. Una desafortunada omisión de la obra de Donovan y Helen Correll fue una discusión adecuada de la obra de William T. Gillis (1933–1979) quien publicó muchos estudios importantes que ya existían en la literatura de esa época. Desde la publicación en 1982 de la Flora of the Bahama Archipelago miembros afiliados con Miami University de Oxford, Ohio, han publicado numerosas investigaciones eruditas sobre la flora de las Bahamas. Esta contribución intenta presentar una crónica de la relación y el valor de esta universidad y sus investigadores, incluyendo tanto a sus estudiantes y profesores, quienes han transformado y puesto al corriente nuestro conocimiento de la flora de las Bahamas. Este es un proceso continuo que seguirá progresando en el futuro inmediato.

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This paper could not have been written without the participation of many Miami University faculty and students who joined the endeavor that became known as the Tropical Flora of the Bahamas course. Much of what happened is fortuitous and I owe a tremendous debt to my wife Barbara and family who suffered through my 2 weeks absences for many years. I missed my daughter Wendy’s birthday celebration no fewer than 15 times. In the course of teaching in the Bahamas I had the pleasure of teaching two of my children, Steve and Wendy, my daughter-in-law Elisa, and my wife. The Forfar Field Station became our home and the staff made it all happen. I am especially grateful to Ben Bohl and Rose Blanchard whose administrative skills made my life simpler. They became life-long friends. The people of north Andros got used to our annual pilgrimages with 16–20 students invading every nook and cranny of their island. Lastly, I could not have done any of it without my colleague and inveterate traveler T. K. (Tom) Wilson. We had one heck of an adventure. Much of the research and resulting theses and papers cited in this publication received financial support from the Willard Sherman Turrell Herbarium of Miami University. Unless otherwise noted all photos are credited to and copyrighted by W. Hardy Eshbaugh.

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Eshbaugh, W.H. The Flora of the Bahamas, Donovan Correll, and the Miami University Connection. Bot. Rev. 80, 184–203 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12229-014-9141-3

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