Natalie Whitford Uhl
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Natalie Whitford Uhl (1919–2017) was an American botanist[1] who specialised in palms.[2]
Natalie Whitford Uhl | |
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Born | Natalie B. Whitford 1919[1] |
Died | March 28, 2017(2017-03-28) (aged 97–98)[2] Georgia, USA[3] |
Citizenship | United States of America |
Alma mater | Rhode Island State College, Cornell University[2] |
Spouse | Charles H. Uhl[3] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany Palms |
Institutions | L. H. Bailey Hortorium Herbarium[2] |
Author abbrev. (botany) | N.W.Uhl |
The eldest of three sisters, she grew up on a farm in Rhode Island.[4] She graduated B.S in 1940 from Rhode Island State College, publishing two papers on general plant morphology with Vernon Cheadle, her senior year advisor, the same year.[4][5][6] In 1940 she went to Cornell University,[4] earning her M.S. in 1943,[2] and her Ph.D. in 1947.[2][7] While at Cornell, she met and married her husband, Charles Uhl, abandoning botany to start a family.[8]
Her work with palms began in 1963,[2] when she returned to Cornell to work with Harold E. Moore, who was also the chief editor of Principes, the journal of the International Palm Society.[8][9] She published her first article as sole author in 1966, on palm inflorescence morphology.[10] In 1978, she and John Dransfield became associate editors of Principes, which later became Palms, and co-editors in 1980 with the death of Moore.[8] She continued to co-edit it until 2000.[2]
The Eocene fossil palm Uhlia allanbyensis was named in recognition of her work on palm taxonomy in 1994.[11] The palm species Aphandra natalia was named in her honor in 1987.[12]