Alma Theodora Lee

Alma Theodora Lee (born 12 April 1912, Tingha, died 20 October 1990, Wellington) was an Australian botanist and plant taxonomist who worked at the National Herbarium of New South Wales, University of Sydney, and CSIRO. She is notable for raising the standard of systematic botany in Australia, and for her revisions of Swainsona and Typha. She also studied the Fabaceae with colleagues.[1][2] The standard author abbreviation A.T.Lee is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[3][4][5] She described over 40 species.[6] The March 1991 issue of the journal Telopea was dedicated to her memory.[7]

Alma Theodora Lee
Born	Alma Theodora Melvaine (1912-04-12)12 April 1912 Tingha
Died	20 October 1990(1990-10-20) (aged 78) Wellington
Known for	plant taxonomy
Scientific career
Author abbrev. (botany)	A.T.Lee

References

1. Haines, Catharine M. C.; Stevens, Helen M. (2001). "Lee, Alma Theodora". International Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary to 1950. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781576070901. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
2. Briggs, Barbara (1991). "Alma Theodora Lee (1912-1990). -Obituary-". Telopea. 4 (2): 141–143. doi:10.7751/telopea19914923. ISSN 0312-9764. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
3. IPNI.  A.T.Lee.
4. "Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries". kiki.huh.harvard.edu. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
5. Mabberley, D. J. (1997). The Plant-Book: A Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants. Cambridge University Press. p. 835. ISBN 9780521414210. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
6. "Tropicos | Person - Lee, Alma Theodora (nee Melvaine". tropicos.org. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
7. "Lee, Alma T. - botanical collector". www.anbg.gov.au. Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 5 March 2019.