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Geraldine Anne Allen
Born1950 (age 73–74) [4]
Other namesGeraldine Anne Allen Guppy [2]
Education Doctor of Philosophy
  ( Botany and
   Plant pathology) [2]
Alma mater
SpouseArthur Guppy [3] (div.)
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions University of Victoria [1]
Theses
Doctoral advisor Kenton L. Chambers [2]
Other academic advisors Roy L. Taylor [3]
Author abbrev. (botany)G.A.Allen [4]

Geraldine Anne Allen (born 1950) [4] is a botanist, professor of biology, and herbarium curator at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. She obtained formal education at the University of British Columbia and Oregon State University, earning a Doctor of Philosophy degree in botany and plant pathology from the latter in 1981. During her career, she has authored or co-authored over 50 publications, including genera chapters for Flora of North America and the Jepson Manual. She also has authored several species of the Erythronium genus.

Education

Allen earned Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from the University of British Columbia in 1972 and 1975, respectively, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in botany and plant pathology from Oregon State University in 1981. [5] Her master's thesis was entitled The Systematics of Indigenous Species of Hieracium Asteraceae in British Columbia [6] and her dissertation was Biosystematics of a Western North American Polyploid Complex in the Genus Aster. [7]

Career

Cunningham biology building, University of Victoria

Allen is professor of biology [1] and herbarium curator at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. [8] During her career, she has authored or co-authored over 50 publications, [9] including the Flora of North America chapters on the genera Erythronium, [10] Eucephalus, [11] and Symphyotrichum. [12] Her work also has included chapters for the Jepson Manual on genera Symphyotrichum, [13] Erythronium, [14] and Doellingeria. [15] Allen has authored several species of the Erythronium genus. [16] The standard author abbreviation G.A.Allen is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. [17]

Personal life

While Allen was writing her master's thesis, she was married to Arthur Guppy, and she used variations of the name Geraldine Anne Allen Guppy as author for her thesis, [3] her dissertation, [7] and her other 1970s publications. [18] [19]

Selected publications

  • Allen, G.A. (2006). "Eucephalus Nuttall". In Flora North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America. Vol. 20. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 39–42.
  • Allen, G.A.; Robertson, K.R. (2006). "Erythronium Linnaeus". In Flora North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America. Vol. 26. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 153–163.
  • Allen, G.A. (2012). Jepson Flora Project (ed.). "Symphyotrichum [and subordinate taxa]". Jepson eFlora.
  • Allen, G.A.; Wetherwax, M. (2018). Jepson Flora Project (ed.). "Erythronium [and subordinate taxa]". Jepson eFlora, Revision 6.
  • Allen, G.A. (2020). Jepson Flora Project (ed.). "Doellingeria [and subordinate taxa]". Jepson eFlora, Revision 8.
  • Brouillet, L.; Semple, J.C.; Allen, G.A.; Chambers, K.L.; Sundberg, S.D. (2006). "Symphyotrichum Nees [and subordinate taxa]". In Flora North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America. Vol. 20. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 465–539.
  • Guppy, G.A.A. (31 December 1974). The Systematics of Indigenous Species of Hieracium Asteraceae in British Columbia (MSc thesis). Vancouver: University of British Columbia. doi: 10.14288/1.0093399. Archived from the original on 13 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  • Guppy, G.A.; Bohm, B.A. (1976). "Flavonoids of Five Hieracium Species of British Columbia". Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 4 (4). Elsevier: 231–234. doi: 10.1016/0305-1978(76)90044-2. ISSN  0305-1978.
  • Guppy, G.A. (December 1978). "Species Relationships of Hieracium (Asteraceae) in British Columbia". Canadian Journal of Botany. 56 (23). Ottawa: Canadian Science Publishing: 3008–3019. doi: 10.1139/b78-365. eISSN  1916-2804. ISSN  1916-2790.
  • Guppy, G.A.A. (18 December 1980). Biosystematics of a Western North American Polyploid Complex in the Genus Aster (PhD dissertation). Corvallis: Oregon State University. Archived from the original on 13 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.

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