Mary Ellen Pulsifer Ames (née Pulsifer; 1843 – March 21, 1902) was an American botanist.[1][2][3][4] Along with Rebecca Merritt Austin and her [whose?] daughter Mrs. Charles C. Bruce, Ames is credited with helping establish "the foundation to our knowledge of the vegetation" of northeastern California.[5] She also recorded meteorological data for the Smithsonian Institution.[6]
Mary Ellen Pulsifer married Charles Cooper Ames on May 29, 1871. She died on March 21, 1902, in San Jose, California.[7]
Astrogalus pulsiferae is named after her.[7]
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...Mrs. Mary E. Pulsifer-Ames, then beginning her brilliant botanical career...
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- ^ Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey; Harvey, Joy (2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century, Volume 1. Routledge. ISBN 9780415920384. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
Mary E. Pulsifer Ames was a California botanical writer...
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- ^ Ewan, Joseph (1955). "San Francisco as a Mecca for Nineteenth Centurv Naturalists". A century of progress in the natural sciences, 1853-1953. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences. pp. 24–25. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
- ^ Smithsonian Institution (1871). "List of Meteorological Stations and Observers of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1871". Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. p. 63. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
Ames, Mary E. Pulsifer, Indian Valley, Plumas County, California
- ^ a b Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey, and Joy Dorothy Harvey. The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives from Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century. New York: Routledge, 2000.