Charlotte Cortlandt Ellis

Charlotte Cortlandt Ellis (June 27, 1874 – March 17, 1956) was an American botanist and plant collector active in New Mexico.[1] She discovered several plant species[2] and collected numerous plant specimens.[3][4]

Charlotte Cortlandt Ellis
Born(1874-06-27)June 27, 1874
Joliet, Illinois
DiedMarch 17, 1956(1956-03-17) (aged 81)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of New Mexico
Known forPrimula ellisiae, Dodecatheon ellisiae, Astragalus praelongus var. ellisiae
Scientific career
Academic advisorsTheodore Dru Alison Cockerell
Author abbrev. (botany)C.C. Ellis

Plant collecting

Ellis discovered and collected a number of plant specimens used to create the formal scientific description and scientific name of that particular type of plant. The holotype specimens she discovered and collected include Primula ellisiae,[5] Dodecatheon ellisiae[6] and Astragalus praelongus var. ellisiae.[7] These plants are named in her honour.[8] She also collected the holotypes of Achillea laxiflora[5] and Tium stenolobum.[9] She collected plants for, and assisted the work of, several notable botanists including Paul C. Standley[10] and Joseph Nelson Rose.[11] Many specimens she collected were placed in the United States National Herbarium, The New York Botanical Gardens and the Missouri Botanical Gardens.

References
  1. Rudolph, Emanuel David (1990-05-01). "Women Who Studied Plants in the Pre-Twentieth Century United States and Canada". Taxon. 39 (2): 151–205. doi:10.2307/1223016.
  2. "Collector:(Ellis, C.C)". Global Plants.
  3. "Collector:(Ellis, Charlotte)". Global Plants.
  4. "C C Ellis". JSTOR.
  5. "Primula ellisiae Pollard & Cockerell". National Museum of National History, Smithsonian Institution.
  6. "Dodecatheon dentatum Hook. ssp. ellisiae". United States Department of Agriculture, National Resources Conservation Service.
  7. "US National Herbarium specimen". Encyclopedia of Life.
  8. Eugene Jercinovic (February 21, 2008). "Charlotte Ellis of the Sandia Mountains" (PDF). The New Mexico Botanist.
  9. "Holotype of Tium stenolobum Rydberg, P.A. 1929". Global Plants.
  10. Elmer Ottis Wooton; Paul Carpenter Standley (1915). Flora of New Mexico. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  11. Joseph Nelson Rose. Rose, cacti, 1909 - 1917. Smithsonian Digital Volunteers: Transcription Center.


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