Norma Etta Pfeiffer
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Norma Etta Pfeiffer (1889–1989) was an American botanist who specialized in the study of lilies and Isoetes. She discovered and described the Chicago-endemic flowering plant species Thismia americana described in her doctoral thesis in 1913.[2][3][4]
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Norma Etta Pfeiffer | |
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Born | 1889 |
Died | 23 August 1989(1989-08-23) (aged 99–100) |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Chicago |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany |
Institutions | University of North Dakota, Boyce Thompson Institute |
Thesis | Morphology of Thismia americana (1913) |
Doctoral advisor | John M. Coulter[1]: 35 |
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