365 Women in Botanyさんのイラストまとめ

Botanist and illustrator Priscilla Susan Bury was born today in 1799. Her greatest work, "A Selection of Hexandrian Plants", featured 350 of her stunning drawings of Amaryllidinae and Liliaceae which were printed then each painted by hand, published in seventy-nine copies.

Born this week in 1916, Carmen Pujals studied at @UBAonline and worked at Rivadavia Argentine Museum of Natural Sciences @MuseoRevista. On an Antarctic expedition with Dolores Martínez Fonte, María Adela Caría & Irene Bernasconi, she documented the algae of the Palmer Peninsula.

Born this day in 1956, Anthea Phillipps studied at @Durham_Uni and is well published on the flora of Borneo.
She worked at Sabah Museum, and as an ecologist with Sabah parks to establish the park's herbarium and botanical garden - studying pitcher plants and rhododendrons.

Nancy Adams was born this month in 1926, studying @WgtnGirls and @VicUniWgtn. She join DSIR Botany Division @science_nz and as asst curator @Te_Papa. She won awards for "Seaweeds of New Zealand: An Illustrated Guide" and illustrated for other NZ botanists like Ella Orr Campbell.

Kate Furbish was born this month in 1834 and dedicated herself to compiling "Flora of Maine", donated to @BowdoinCollege. She described Pedicularis furbishiae and Aster cordifolius var furbishiae, and her 4k specimens were passed from @NewEngBotanical to Gray @HarvardHerbaria.

Agnes Block died this day in 1704. A horticulturist and painter herself, she made her Vijverhof estate a residence for other botanical artists such as Johanna Helena Herolts-Graff, Maria Sibylla Merian, Maria Moninckx, and Alida Withoos.

Born today in 1647, botanical artist Maria Sibylla Merian took an early interest in #entomology. She retained indigenous names for the not-yet-described species she found in Suriname and performed controlled laboratory experiments to investigate caterpillars' plant preferences.

After her aunt/mother-in-law purchased the island of Niʻihau to rule over its people, Isabella McHutcheson Sinclair wrote "Indigenous Flowers of the Hawaiian Islands", sending specimens to @KewGardens. She warned against habitat loss and invasives, and died yesterday in 1900.

Kate Furbish was born this month in 1834 and dedicated herself to compiling "Flora of Maine", donated to @BowdoinCollege. She described Pedicularis furbishiae and Aster cordifolius var furbishiae, and her 4k specimens were passed from @NewEngBotanical to Gray @HarvardHerbaria.

Nancy Adams was born this month in 1926, studying @WgtnGirls and @VicUniWgtn. She join DSIR Botany Division @science_nz and as asst curator @Te_Papa. She won awards for "Seaweeds of New Zealand: An Illustrated Guide" and illustrated for other NZ botanists like Ella Orr Campbell.