Alma Theodora Lee | |
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| Born | Alma Theodora Melvaine 12 April 1912 Tingha, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 20 October 1990 (aged 78) Wellington, New South Wales, Australia |
| Known for | plant taxonomy |
| Spouse | David Lee |
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| Author abbrev. (botany) | A.T.Lee; Melvaine |
Alma Theodora Lee (née Melvaine; 12 April 1912 — 20 October 1990) was an Australian botanist and plant taxonomist who worked at the National Herbarium of New South Wales, University of Sydney, and CSIRO.[1] She is notable for raising the standard of systematic botany in Australia, and for her revisions of Swainsona and Typha. She also studied the Fabaceae with colleagues.[2][3] The standard author abbreviation A.T.Lee is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4][5][6] She described over 40 species.[7] The March 1991 issue of the journal Telopea was dedicated to her memory.[1]
- ^ a b "Lee, Alma T. - botanical collector". www.anbg.gov.au. Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ Haines, Catharine M. C.; Stevens, Helen M. (2001). "Lee, Alma Theodora". International Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary to 1950. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781576070901. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ Briggs, Barbara (1991). "Alma Theodora Lee (1912-1990). -Obituary-". Telopea. 4 (2): 141–143. doi:10.7751/telopea19914923. ISSN 0312-9764. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. A.T.Lee.
- ^ "Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries". kiki.huh.harvard.edu. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ Mabberley, D. J. (1997). The Plant-Book: A Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants. Cambridge University Press. p. 835. ISBN 9780521414210. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ "Tropicos | Person - Lee, Alma Theodora (nee Melvaine". tropicos.org. Retrieved 5 March 2019.