Janet Russell Perkins
Janet Russell Perkins | |
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University of Wisconsin Heidelberg University | |
| Occupation(s) | Botanist, teacher |
| Parent(s) | Cyrus Grovenor Perkins Jane Rose Houghteling |
Janet Russell Perkins (March 20, 1853 – 1933) was an American-born botanist. Perkins authored 191 land plant species names, the tenth-highest number of such names authored by any female scientist.[1]
Born in
Chicago, Illinois for the next twenty years. During this period she took time off to travel to the Azores, California, and Hawaii.[3]
In 1895 she returned to Germany to study botany. She spent eight semesters studying in Berlin under
Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum.[4]
Among her published works were various papers on tropical plants.Vigna unguiculata (Cowpea), a bean introduced from Africa, was being cultivated near Yabucoa and Mayagüez.[6] During 1914−1917, she spent time in Jamaica collecting plants, which were presented at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.[3]
Bibliography
The standard author abbreviation Perkins is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[7]
- Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Styracaceae. W. Engelmann, 1902.
- Fragmenta florae philippinae: contributions to the flora of the Philippine Islands. Gebrüder Borntraeger, 1904.
- The Leguminosae of Porto Rico. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium (1907): 133-220.
- Beiträge zur Flora von Bolivia, W. Engelmann, 1912.
- Übersicht über die gattungen der 'Styracaeae'. 1928.
References
- doi:10.12705/642.4.
- ^ Leonard, John William, ed. (1914), Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada, vol. 1, American Commonwealth Company, p. 640.
- ^ a b "Perkins, Janet Russell (1853-1933)", Global Plants, JSTOR, retrieved 2015-11-16.
- ^ ISBN 978-0313323713.
- ^ Perkins, J. (1908), "The Leguminosae of Porto Rico", Contributions from the United States National Herbarium, vol. 10, United States National Museum
- ISBN 978-1469608846.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Perkins.
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