Margaret Ensign Lewis

Margaret Ensign Lewis
Born	1919
Died	November 2017(2017-11-00) (aged 97–98)
Alma mater	Pomona College (undergraduate), University of California, Berkeley (master's)
Spouse	Harlan Lewis
Scientific career
Institutions	Amherst College, University of California at Los Angeles Herbarium

Margaret Ruth Ensign Lewis (1919 – November 2017) was an American botanist, taxonomist, and professor specializing in California flora.^[1][2]

The International Plant Names Index lists 38 plant names published by Margaret Ruth Ensign.^[3][4]

Publications

• Ensign, Margaret (March 1942). "A Revision of the Celastraceous Genus Forsellesia (Glossopetalon)". American Midland Naturalist. 27 (2): 501. doi:10.2307/2421016.
• Lewis, Harlan; Lewis, Margaret (1953). "New Species and Changes in Nomenclature in the Genus Clarkia (Onagraceae)". Madroño. 12 (2): 33–39.
• Lewis, Harlan; Lewis, Margaret Ensign (1955). "The Genus Clarkia". Univ. Calif. Pub. Bot. 20 (4): 241–392.
• Roberts, Margaret R.; Lewis, Harlan (1955). "Subspeciation in Clarkia biloba". Evolution. 9 (4): 445–454. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.1955.tb01554.x.
• Lewis, Harlan; Roberts, Margaret R. (1956). "The Origin of Clarkia lingulata". Evolution. 10 (2): 126–138. doi:10.2307/2405888.

The standard author abbreviations Ensign and M.E.Lewis are used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[5][6]

References

1. "Remembering Botanist Margaret Lewis". botgard.ucla.edu. Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
2. "Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries". kiki.huh.harvard.edu. Harvard University. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
3. "Ensign, Margaret Ruth (1919-)". ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
4. "Lewis, Margaret Ensign (1919-)". ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
5. "Search for Ensign". International Plant Names Index.
6. "Search for M.E.Lewis". International Plant Names Index.