Nationality U.S. Name Roxana Stinchfield | Occupation botanist Education Stanford University | |
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Full Name Roxana Judkins Stinchfield Born April 13, 1895 Sycamore, California Died June 30, 1978, Palo Alto, California, United States Spouse Gordon Floyd Ferris (1893–1958) Books Death Valley wildflowers | ||
Roxana ("Roxy") Judkins Stinchfield Ferris (April 13, 1895 – June 30, 1978) was an American botanist.
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She was born in Sycamore, California, to Moses and Annie Stinchfield. She was named after her grandmother, Roxany Judkins.
In 1916, Stinchfield Ferris earned a Master of Arts in Botany at Stanford University, and afterwards she joined the staff of the Dudley Herbarium at Stanford, collecting thousands of botanical specimens for the research collection there. She specialized in collecting Phanerogams, and the botany of California and Mexico. Stinchfield Ferris retired from the Dudley Herbarium in 1963, and died in Palo Alto in 1978.
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Species named in honor
Several species have been named in honor of Ferris including
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