Charlotte Cortlandt Ellis
Charlotte Cortlandt Ellis | |
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Born | |
Died | March 17, 1956 | (aged 81)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of New Mexico |
Known for | Primula ellisiae, Dodecatheon ellisiae, Astragalus praelongus var. ellisiae |
Scientific career | |
Academic advisors | Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell |
Author abbrev. (botany) | C.C. Ellis |
Charlotte Cortlandt Ellis (June 27, 1874 – March 17, 1956) was an American botanist and plant collector active in New Mexico.[1] She discovered several plant species[2] and collected numerous plant specimens.[3][4]
Plant collecting
Ellis discovered and collected a number of plant specimens used to create the formal scientific description and scientific name of that particular type of plant. The holotype specimens she discovered and collected include Primula ellisiae,[5] Dodecatheon ellisiae[6] and Astragalus praelongus var. ellisiae.[7] These plants are named in her honour.[8] She also collected the holotypes of Achillea laxiflora[5] and Tium stenolobum.[9] She collected plants for, and assisted the work of, several notable botanists including Paul C. Standley[10] and Joseph Nelson Rose.[11] Many specimens she collected were placed in the United States National Herbarium, The New York Botanical Gardens and the Missouri Botanical Gardens.
References
- ^ Rudolph, Emanuel David (1990-05-01). "Women Who Studied Plants in the Pre-Twentieth Century United States and Canada". Taxon. 39 (2): 151–205. doi:10.2307/1223016.
- ^ "Collector:(Ellis, C.C)". Global Plants.
- ^ "Collector:(Ellis, Charlotte)". Global Plants.
- ^ "C C Ellis". JSTOR.
- ^ a b "Primula ellisiae Pollard & Cockerell". National Museum of National History, Smithsonian Institution.
- ^ "Dodecatheon dentatum Hook. ssp. ellisiae". United States Department of Agriculture, National Resources Conservation Service.
- ^ "US National Herbarium specimen". Encyclopedia of Life.
- ^ Eugene Jercinovic (February 21, 2008). "Charlotte Ellis of the Sandia Mountains" (PDF). The New Mexico Botanist.
- ^ "Holotype of Tium stenolobum Rydberg, P.A. 1929". Global Plants.
- ^ Elmer Ottis Wooton; Paul Carpenter Standley (1915). Flora of New Mexico. U.S. Government Printing Office.
- ^ Joseph Nelson Rose. Rose, cacti, 1909 - 1917. Smithsonian Digital Volunteers: Transcription Center.