Tumamoca

Tumamoc’s namesake plant, the Tumamoc Globeberry

The rare and elusive Tumamoc Globeberry, a botanical gem of the Sonoran Desert

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Credits

Script: Benjamin T. Wilder, Frank Reichenbacher, and Barbara Terkanian

Images (in order of appearance):

Tumamoc Hill, Benjamin T. Wilder
Color illustration of Tumamoca macdougalii, Paul Mirocha
Tumamoca macdougalii plant, Benjamin T. Wilder
D.T. MacDougal, photographer unknown, courtesy of the Desert Laboratory
Tumamoca macdougalii plant, Benjamin T. Wilder
Tumamoca macdougalii herbarium specimen, courtesy of SEINet
The 1912 scientific paper by J.N. Rose in which Tumamoca macdougalii was described
Looking for Tumamoc Globeberry, Frank Reichenbacher
Looking for Tumamoc Globeberry, Frank Reichenbacher
Looking for Tumamoc Globeberry, Frank Reichenbacher
Distribution map, Frank Reichenbacher
Tumamoca macdougalii plant, courtesy of Ned Harris
Tumamoca macdougalii plant, courtesy of J. Horst