Helen Kennedy (botanist)
Helen Kennedy (born 1944) is an American botanist, botanical collector, and expert of the Marantaceae family.[1][2] Several taxa have been named after Kennedy, such as Amphitecna kennedyae (A.H.Gentry)[3] and Spathiphyllum kennedyae Croat.[4] In 2011, Kennedy received the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Society of Woman Geographers.
Education
[edit]Kennedy was born in Riverside, California.[2] She has a bachelor's degree in biology and a master's degree in botany from the University of California, Davis. She also has a doctoral degree from University of California.[2]
Career
[edit]Kennedy has worked at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama and has served as curator of the Summit Canal Zone Herbarium in Panama.[5] She has also worked as Curator of the Summit Herbarium at the Missouri Botanical Garden.[6] Kennedy has also worked for the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg and the Chicago Field Museum.[7][8] As of 2007 she was an active collector for the University of British Columbia (UBC) herbarium, contributing 1,000 specimens since 1969.[9] She has also been Honorary Curator of Vascular Plants at the UBC herbarium.[10] As of 2016 she was herbarium research associate at the University of California at Riverside.[5]
Awards and recognition
[edit]In 2011, Kennedy received the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Society of Woman Geographers.[8][11] Taxa named after Kennedy include Philodendron heleniae Croat and Guzmania kennedyae L.B. Sm. & Read.[2][6][12]
Selected publications
[edit]- Kennedy, Helen. "Diversification in pollination mechanisms in the Marantaceae." Monocots: systematics and evolution 2 (2000): 335-343.
- Kennedy, Helen. Systematics and pollination of the "closed-flowered" species of Calathea (Marantaceae). Vol. 71. Univ of California Press, 1978.
References
[edit]- ↑ Wilson, Gavin (August 17, 1995). "Plants 'R' Us: Herbarium houses half-million plant specimens" (PDF). UBC Reports. No. 41. The University of British Columbia. p. 8. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
- 1 2 3 4 "Kennedy, Helen (1944-)". JStor Global Plants. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
- ↑ González, J. Explicación Etimológica de las Plantas de La Selva (PDF). Flora Digital de La Selva. Retrieved June 4, 2026.
- ↑ Croat, Thomas B.; Ortiz, Orlando; Díaz Jiménez, Pedro; Cedeño-Fonseca, Marco; Hay, Alistair (2024). "Revision of Spathiphyllum (Araceae) for Mexico and Central America". Aroideana. 47 (2): 1–353.
- 1 2 King, Beth (January 21, 2016). "Smithsonian Botanist Discovers New Ground-Flowering Plant in Panama". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
- 1 2 "Philodendron heleniae Croat". International Plant Names Index. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
- ↑ Renner, S.S. (1993). A History of Botanical Exploration in Amazonian Ecuador, 1739-1988 (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 19–20. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 8, 2022. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
- 1 2 "Oral Histories". Society of Woman Geographers. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
- ↑ Saarela, Jeffery M.; Lipsen, Linda; Sayre, Cindy M.; Whitton, Jeannette (August 10, 2007). "Vascular Plant Type Specimens in the University of British Columbia Herbarium (Ubc)". Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas. 1 (1): 437–448. JSTOR 41971434.
- ↑ Ganders, Fred R. (1999). "Not Just Dead Plants" (PDF). UBC Alumni Chronicle. 53 (2): 10–11. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
- ↑ "Outstanding Achievement Award Recipients". Society of Woman Geographers. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
- ↑ Idárraga, P., Á.; Urrea, L. M.; Roldán P., F. J.; Cardona N., F. A. (2016). Flora del Magdalena Medio: áreas de influencia de la Central Térmica Termocentro. Medellín, Colombia: ISAGEN – Universidad de Antioquia, Herbario Universidad de Antioquia. p. 270.
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