Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria Australian National Herbarium Biographical Notes

Lee, Alma Theodora (née Melvaine)   (1912 - 1990)

Born near Tingha, NSW, on 12 April 1912, died in Wellington NSW, on 20 October 1990.

Primary/secondary education: Ascham School, Edgecliff, 1920-1930
Tertiary education: Univ of Sydney, 1931-1934, BSc Hons.

During a long career, much of it with the National Herbarium of New South Wales, Alma Lee studied such diverse groups as soil algae, Fabaceae, Lomandra, Psilotum, Tmesipteris, Typha and Xanthorrhoea. Perhaps best known for her revisionary work in Aenictophyton, Bossiaea, Crotalaria, Hovea, Lomandra, Lupinus, Platylobium, Psoralea, Swainsona, Templetonia, Typha and Xanthorrhoea. The March 1991 issue of the journal Telopea was dedicated to her memory. Her collections are to be found in NSW.

 

Source: Extracted from: A.E.Orchard (1999) A History of Systematic Botany in Australia, in Flora of Australia Vol.1, 2nd ed., ABRS. [consult for source references]
ABRS contributors survey, mid-1980s
Portrait Photo: unknown source, unknown date.




 

Collecting localities for 'Lee, A.T.' from AVH (2021)

Data from 117 specimens