The Instituto de Botánica del Nordeste, or Ibone, is a large botanical institute at the
National University of the Northeast and major regional herbarium which contains over 400,000 plant specimens from northeastern
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...
and neighboring countries.
It was founded by Ing. Agr.
Antonio Krapovickas and Dr.
Carmen L. Cristóbal, husband and wife, who started the collection at over 250,000 specimens with the help of students whom they trained. Some of these students who now stand out professionally include: Aveliano Fernández, Camilo Quarín, Guillermo Norrmann, Silvia Ferrucci, and Viviana Solís-Neffa, among others.
References
External links
Official website
Argentine national universities
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