Mary Davis Treat | |
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| Born | Mary Davis September 7, 1830 |
| Died | April 11, 1923 (aged 92) |
| Occupation(s) | naturalist and botanist, entomologist, author |
Mary Adelia Davis Treat (7 September 1830 in Trumansburg, New York – 11 April 1923 in Pembroke, New York)[1] was a naturalist and correspondent of Charles Darwin. Treat's contributions to both botany and entomology were extensive—six species of plants and animals were named after her, including an amaryllis, Zephyranthes treatae, an oak gall wasp Bellonocnema treatae and three ant species Aphaenogaster mariae, Aphaenogaster treatae, and Dolichoderus mariae.
- ^ Lorrain Abbiate Carruso & Terry Kohn, Mary Lua Adelia Davis Treat 1830-1923, pp.199-201 of Past and promise: Lives of New Jersey women, First Cyracuse University Press, 1997.