Caroline Bingham

Caroline Priscilla Bingham
NationalityAmerican
Known forDiscovery of several new species of algae
Scientific career
FieldsBotanist
Lectotype of Convolvulus binghamiae. Image of specimen collected by Caroline Bingham. Image by M. Provance & A. Sanders

Caroline Priscilla Bingham (née Lord, 1831–1932) was an American botanist who was one of the earliest American women to publish scientific papers on botany. She was an influential collector of botanical specimens discovering a new genus and several new species. As a result of her discoveries Bingham had a genus and several algae species named in her honor.[1]

  1. ^ Hollenberg, George J.; Abbott, Isabella A. (1992). Marine Algae of California. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. p. 24. ISBN 9780804721523.