Velva E. Rudd | |
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Born | 1910 |
Died | December 9, 1999 California |
Alma mater | North Dakota Agricultural College, George Washington University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany |
Institutions | National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution and California State University, Northridge |
Thesis | The American Species of Aeschynomene (1953) |
Velva Elaine Rudd (1910 – December 9, 1999) was an American botanist, specializing in tropical legumes. [1] She worked as a curator at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History and also conducted research at the herbarium at California State University, Northridge. [2] [3]
Velva Elaine Rudd was born in 1910 in Fargo, North Dakota. [4]
Velva Rudd wrote her master's thesis at North Dakota Agricultural College on Euphorbia virgata (leafy spurge). [5] The thesis is titled An ecological study of leafy spurge and was completed in 1932. [6] In 1953 she received her Ph.D. in botany from George Washington University with a dissertation titled The American Species of Aeschynomene. [7] She was an assistant curator from 1948 to 1959 and a curator from 1959 to 1973 in the Department of Botany, United States National Herbarium Smithsonian Institution of Washington, DC. She had started as a technician at the Smithsonian under Kittie Fenley Parker. Rudd specialized in Fabaceae and wrote more than 70 papers on the taxonomy of tropical species of legumes. Her contributions include a six-part monograph published from 1955 to 1968 in Contributions from the United States National Herbarium; the monograph deals with seven genera: Aeschynomene, Ateleia, Chaetocalyx, Cyathostegia, Dussia, Nissolia, and Ormosia. [1] In 1973 she retired as a curator of the National Herbarium. [1] She became a Research Fellow in the Department of Biology of the California State University, Northridge until her death. [8] [9] Her field work was carried out in many tropical locations, including Mexico, Costa Rica, Brazil, Venezuela, and Sri Lanka. [1]
Rudd is the namesake for six species of legumes and the genus Ruddia. [2] North Dakota State University's Department of Biological Sciences sponsors an annual Dr. Velva E. Rudd Scholarship Award for botany juniors or seniors. [10]
The Mexican genus of legumes Ruddia Yakovlev 1971 is named in her honor, as well as several species of legumes:
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Velva E. Rudd | |
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Born | 1910 |
Died | December 9, 1999 California |
Alma mater | North Dakota Agricultural College, George Washington University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany |
Institutions | National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution and California State University, Northridge |
Thesis | The American Species of Aeschynomene (1953) |
Velva Elaine Rudd (1910 – December 9, 1999) was an American botanist, specializing in tropical legumes. [1] She worked as a curator at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History and also conducted research at the herbarium at California State University, Northridge. [2] [3]
Velva Elaine Rudd was born in 1910 in Fargo, North Dakota. [4]
Velva Rudd wrote her master's thesis at North Dakota Agricultural College on Euphorbia virgata (leafy spurge). [5] The thesis is titled An ecological study of leafy spurge and was completed in 1932. [6] In 1953 she received her Ph.D. in botany from George Washington University with a dissertation titled The American Species of Aeschynomene. [7] She was an assistant curator from 1948 to 1959 and a curator from 1959 to 1973 in the Department of Botany, United States National Herbarium Smithsonian Institution of Washington, DC. She had started as a technician at the Smithsonian under Kittie Fenley Parker. Rudd specialized in Fabaceae and wrote more than 70 papers on the taxonomy of tropical species of legumes. Her contributions include a six-part monograph published from 1955 to 1968 in Contributions from the United States National Herbarium; the monograph deals with seven genera: Aeschynomene, Ateleia, Chaetocalyx, Cyathostegia, Dussia, Nissolia, and Ormosia. [1] In 1973 she retired as a curator of the National Herbarium. [1] She became a Research Fellow in the Department of Biology of the California State University, Northridge until her death. [8] [9] Her field work was carried out in many tropical locations, including Mexico, Costa Rica, Brazil, Venezuela, and Sri Lanka. [1]
Rudd is the namesake for six species of legumes and the genus Ruddia. [2] North Dakota State University's Department of Biological Sciences sponsors an annual Dr. Velva E. Rudd Scholarship Award for botany juniors or seniors. [10]
The Mexican genus of legumes Ruddia Yakovlev 1971 is named in her honor, as well as several species of legumes:
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