Margaret Trevena Martin

British botanist
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IntroBritish botanist
A.K.A.M.T.Martin
A.K.A.M.T.Martin
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain
wasScientist Botanist Teacher
Work fieldAcademia Science
Gender
Female
Birth11 November 1905
DeathJanuary 2000 (aged 94 years)
Star signScorpio
ResidenceLondon, England, UK
Education
University of London
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Biography

Margaret Trevana Martin (1905-2000) was a British botanist and phycologist noted for identifying several species of South African Rhodophyceae.

Career

She worked at University College of North Wales, Bangor.

In 1937 she was inducted into the Linnean Society of London.

Martin was a co-founder of the British Phycological Society with her friend and fellow phycologist Kathleen Mary Drew-Baker and later served as Vice President of the organisation.

Author abbreviation

The standard author abbreviation M.T.Martin is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

Works

  • Martin, Margaret T. (August 1936). "The structure and reproduction of Chaetangium saccatum (Lam.) J. Ag.-I. Vegetative structure and male plants". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. 148 (3): 165–181. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1936.tb00113.x.
  • Martin, Margaret T. (October 1939). "The structure and reproduction of Chaetangium saccatum (Lamour.) J. Ag.-II. Female plants". Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany. 52 (342): 115–144. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1939.tb01599.x.
  • Martin, Margaret T.; Pocock, M. A. (January 1947). "Some South African Rhodophyceae. II. Helminthora Furcellata (Reinbold Apud Tyson), Comb. Nov". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. 31 (4): 371–379. doi:10.1080/00359194709518947.
  • Martin, Margaret T.; Pocock, Mary A. (October 1953). "South African parasitic Florideae and their hosts. 2. Some South African parasitic Florideae". Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany. 55 (356): 48–64. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1953.tb00003.x.
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