"Antique illustration of cinchona cordifolia" by Free Public Domain Illustrations by rawpixel is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
You will find a rich variety of resources at Vanderbilt. In addition to open access databases that are linked in this research guide, there are links to the principal Vanderbilt scientific and social science databases which will have scholarly articles on these plants. Another tab guides you to some of printed reference books on plants that are located in the Central and Science libraries. There is also a tab linking information about selected rare primary sources in Special Collections such as the Aztec codices. Please e-mail me if you need further research help! Happy discoveries!
Paula Covington
Latin American Specialist