Author: Taylor, Sarah

New book! Toxic and Noxious Plants of Nicaragua

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Coe, F. G. 2025. Plantas Toxicas Y Nocivas de la Región Atlántica de Nicaragua. (n.p.): Primedia eLaunch LLC.

This massive, 1500-page, two-volume work details the toxic and noxious plants of Nicaragua. Each species features information on the description of the plant, its habitat and distribution, chemical composition, what is known about its toxicity, and illustrations. The author created most of the illustrations himself, but also features the work of several other talented botanical artists.

 

Photo of a book cover. The background of the cover is white. Two lines of red capital letter text across the top read, "Plantas Toxicas Y Nocivas De La Region Atlantica De Nicaragua." The center of the cover is an illustration with big green leaves, a light brown bumpy pod, and fleshy red red seeds. There is also a molecular structure diagram of a toxic compound. At the bottom there is text in black letters that says Felix Coe, PhD. Vol. 1. There are also swooshes of orange, white, gray, and red in a decorative pattern at the bottom.
Cover of Plantas Toxicas Y Nocivas De La Region Atlantica De Nicaragua

 

 

Undergrads in the Collections!

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The University of Connecticut campus may be quieter than usual this semester, but the BRC is still humming with activity. We’re delighted that two undergraduates have joined us this semester. Greyson Nackid is completing an Independent Study in the Vertebrate Division with Dr. Erin Kuprewicz, characterizing the bite forces of Sus scrofa (wild pig) of different sizes and geographic ranges using complete skull specimens.  Jordan Jones is working in the Herbarium with Dr. Sarah Taylor for a second year, producing new specimens, creating high-resolution images, and adding new records to our vascular plant and bryophyte databases. Thank you, Greyson and Jordan, for sharing your talents and enthusiasm with us!

A student with short dark hair, wearing a face mask, black shirt, tan pants, and blue gloves, sits at a lab counter measuring a pig skull
Greyson Nackid measuring skulls in the Dry Collections Room.
A masked student wearing a white baseball cap, white shirt and shorts enters data into a computer
Jordan Jones transcribing data from images of herbarium specimens in the Main Prep Room at the BRC.