Betty Molesworth Allen | |
|---|---|
| Born | Betty Eleanor Gosset Molesworth 21 July 1913 Ōpōtiki, New Zealand |
| Died | 11 October 2002 (aged 89) Marbella, Spain |
| Spouse |
Geoffrey Allen
(m. 1948; died 1985) |
| Scientific career | |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | B.M.Allen |
Betty Eleanor Gosset Molesworth Allen OBE (née Molesworth, 21 July 1913 – 11 October 2002) was a New Zealand botanist.[1] She researched and published extensively on Southeast Asian ferns, and in her retirement she discovered a fern in southern Spain that had previously been thought to be an exclusively tropical species.