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Margaret Ensign Lewis

Margaret Ensign Lewis

American botanist

Margaret Ruth Ensign Lewis (1919 – November 2017) was an American botanist, taxonomist, and professor specializing in California flora.[1][2]

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The International Plant Names Index lists 38 plant names published by Margaret Ruth Ensign.[3][4]

Publications

  • Ensign, Margaret (March 1942). "A Revision of the Celastraceous Genus Forsellesia (Glossopetalon)". American Midland Naturalist. 27 (2): 501. doi:10.2307/2421016.
  • Lewis, Harlan; Lewis, Margaret (1953). "New Species and Changes in Nomenclature in the Genus Clarkia (Onagraceae)". Madroño. 12 (2): 33–39.
  • Lewis, Harlan; Lewis, Margaret Ensign (1955). "The Genus Clarkia". Univ. Calif. Pub. Bot. 20 (4): 241–392.
  • Roberts, Margaret R.; Lewis, Harlan (1955). "Subspeciation in Clarkia biloba". Evolution. 9 (4): 445–454. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.1955.tb01554.x.
  • Lewis, Harlan; Roberts, Margaret R. (1956). "The Origin of Clarkia lingulata". Evolution. 10 (2): 126–138. doi:10.2307/2405888.
The standard author abbreviations Ensign and M.E.Lewis are used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Remembering Botanist Margaret Lewis". botgard.ucla.edu. Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries". kiki.huh.harvard.edu. Harvard University. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Ensign, Margaret Ruth (1919-)". ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
  4. [4]
    "Lewis, Margaret Ensign (1919-)". ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
  5. [5]
    "Author Query". International Plant Names Index.


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