Sara Plummer Lemmon | |
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 1865 portrait of Lemmon | |
| Born | Sara Allen Plummer September 3, 1836 |
| Died | January 15, 1923 (aged 86) |
| Resting place | Mountain View Cemetery (Oakland, California) |
| Alma mater | Cooper Union |
| Spouse | John Gill Lemmon (married 1880-1908) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany, Botanical Illustration |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Plummer |
Sara Allen Plummer Lemmon (1836–1923) was an American botanist. Mount Lemmon in Arizona is named for her, as she was the first Euro-American woman to ascend it. She was responsible for the designation of the golden poppy (Eschscholzia californica) as the state flower of California, in 1903.[1] A number of plants are also named in her honor, including the new genus Plummera (now placed as a subgenus within Hymenoxys[2]), described by botanist Asa Gray in 1882.[3]
- ^ "California Beat Hero: Sara Plummer Lemmon", May 27, 2009.
- ^ Bierner, Mark W 1994 SUBMERSION OF DUGALDIA AND PLUMMERA IN HYMENOXYS (ASTERACEAE: HELIANTHEAE: GAILLARDIINAE) Sida, Contributions To Botany Volume: 16:1-8
- ^ Dupree, A. Hunter (1988). Asa Gray, American Botanist, Friend of Darwin. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 389, 397–398. ISBN 978-0-801-83741-8.