Cleofe Calderon - Brazil, 1974

While Argentina-born botanist Cloefe Calderon conducted field work across Central and South America, Brazil was at the heart and soul of her research into plant species. Why? Brazil was where, in 1976, she re-discovered a species of bamboo called Anomochloa that hadn't been seen in over 90 years. In her lifetime, Calderon also named 18 new species of grasses, and her work is still being used to help researchers understand grass evolution. Help us continue to make her work accessible to present-day scientists by transcribing her field notebook from Brazil in 1974--some of the research leading up to her bamboo discovery!