Norma Etta Pfeiffer

American botanist
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IntroAmerican botanist
A.K.A.N.Pfeiff.
A.K.A.N.Pfeiff.
PlacesUnited States of America
wasScientist Botanist
Work fieldScience
Gender
Female
Birth1889, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Death23 August 1989Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA (aged 100 years)
Education
University of ChicagoDoctor of Philosophy(—1913)
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Biography

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.

The standard author abbreviation N.Pfeiff. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

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