Margaret Ensign Lewis

Botanist
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IntroBotanist
A.K.A.M.E.Lewis
A.K.A.M.E.Lewis
PlacesUnited States of America
wasScientist Botanist Curator
Work fieldArts Science
Gender
Female
Birth1919, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Death2017 (aged 98 years)
ResidenceUSA
Education
Arkansas Tech University
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Biography

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

The International Plant Names Index lists 38 plant names published by Margaret Ruth Ensign.

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.
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