Linda Katherine Escobar

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Linda Katherine Albert de Escobar (born August 14, 1940 in Columbus , Ohio , † December 15, 1993 in La Mesa , California ) was an American botanist and university professor . She was a professor at the Universidad de Antioquia . Your official botanical author abbreviation is " LKEscobar ".

life and work

Escobar studied biology at the University of New Hampshire , where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1962 . After that she received in 1971 at Purdue University the Master of Science and a doctorate in 1980 at the University of Texas at Austin with a thesis: Inter Relationships of the edible species of Passiflora, centering around Passiflora mollissima (HBK) Bailey.

In 1965 she worked for four years after the founding of the Peace Corps program through John F. Kennedy as a volunteer in Colombia . Their aim was to promote biology education based on the BSCS (Biological Sciences Curriculum Study) model, a modern and controversial approach that highlighted topics such as science as an investigation, complementarity of structure and function, genetic continuity and evolution.

In 1968 she became a professor at the Colombian Universidad de Antioquia, where she worked until her retirement. There she established the chairs for ecology and plant ecology and helped set up the biology graduate program. She was director of the university's herbarium from 1981 to 1988 and was president of the Colombian Herbarium Association. Her research focused on the botanical systematics of the flowering plants of the Passifloraceae family in South America and she has published over 30 papers on the subject, including articles, books, abstracts and notes. The species Passiflora linda and Passiflora escobariana were named in her honor. The standard author abbreviation “ LKEscobar ” is used to indicate her as the author when quoting a botanical name. Escobar identified over forty species and was responsible for identifying twenty species of Passiflora.

She actively participated in the consolidation of the Flora de Colombia series , which, between 1983 and 2009, disseminated knowledge of Colombian plant diversity through the publication of 26 monographs.

Linda de Escobar died on December 15, 1993 at the age of 53 in La Mesa, California.

Commemoration

Their work is commemorated in the Universidad de Antioquia with a plaque in the botany laboratory of the biology department. The Linda Escobar Award was established in her honor at the University of Texas at Austin.

Publications (selection)

  • New species and varieties of Passiflora Passifloraceae from the Andes of South America. Systematic Botany 11, 1986, pp. 88-97.
  • Flora de Colombia. T. 10 Passifloraceae. Univ. Nacional de Colombia, 1988.
  • Passifloraceae. Instituto de ciencias naturales - Museo de historia natural, 1988.
  • Two New Species and a Key to Passiflora subg. Astrophea. Systematic Botany 19 (2), pp. 203-210, 1994.
  • Passiflora brachyantha (Passifloraceae), a New Species from the Andes of Southern Ecuador. Novon 2 (3), 1992, pp. 198-200.

literature

  • Alicia Uribe: Linda Albert de Escobar. Caldasia 18, No. 86, 1995, pp. 14-16.
  • Jose L. Panero: Passiflora linda, a New Species from Southern Ecuador. Brittonia. 48 (2), 1996, pp. 192-194.
  • Dra. Linda K. Albert de Escobar. American Society of Plant Taxonomists Newsletter 8, 1994, pp. 13-14.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alicia Uribe T: Linda Albert de Escobar . In: Caldasia . tape 18 , no. 86 , July 1, 1995, ISSN  2357-3759 , pp. 14-16 ( edu.co [accessed May 30, 2021]).
  2. ↑ Tropicos | Person - Escobar, Linda Katherine Albert de. Retrieved May 30, 2021 .
  3. ↑ Linda Escobar 2021 Award Recipients Announced. Retrieved May 30, 2021 (UK English).
  4. ↑ José L. Panero: Passiflora linda, a New Species from Southern Ecuador . In: Brittonia . tape 48 , no. 2 , 1996, ISSN  0007-196X , p. 192-194 , doi : 10.2307 / 2807813 .
personal data
SURNAME Escobar, Linda Katherine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Escobar, Linda Katherine Albert de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American botanist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Columbus , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH December 15, 1993
PLACE OF DEATH La Mesa , California