Agnes Chase's Scientific Illustration

A deep devotion to science and civic engagement

Agnes Chase (1869–1963), a diminutive but determined botanist, worked as a scientific illustrator and then as a renowned curator of grasses at the United States National Museum. Denied access to funded expeditions because she was a woman, Chase fearlessly set off on self-financed solo field trips across South America in the early 20th century. Chase was also among the radical women's suffrage demonstrators arrested for picketing the Wilson White House in 1918–1919, and she participated in the jailed suffragists’ hunger strike.

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Arthrostylidium sarmentosum Pilg. in Urb.

Collector: [Mary] Agnes Chase

Publication unknown; Hitchcock, A.S.; Arthrostylidium sarmentosum (Poaceae). Collection: Chase 6730, leafy branch with inflorescence, culm. - 1930.
Record Last Modified: 6 May 2020
Specimen Count: 1

Other Numbers: Botanical Art Plate Link : 0356

Preparation: pen and ink

Published Name: Arthrostylidium sarmentosum Pilg. in Urb.

Common name: forest climbing bamboo
Taxonomy: Plantae Monocotyledonae Cyperales Poaceae Bambusoideae

NMNH - Botany Dept.

Record ID: nmnhbotany_10969937

Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text): CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36ed51e3d-9b53-4197-9073-48906b84551e

Agnes Chase's Scientific Illustration

A deep devotion to science and civic engagement

Arthrostylidium sarmentosum Pilg. in Urb.

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