Maria Skalińska (1890-1977) was a Polish botanist and professor who studied plant anatomy and cell biology, particularly the plants of the Tatra mountains.[1] She was the first to describe the species Poa nobilis.[2][3][4] The standard author abbreviation Skalińska is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ Zakopane, z-ne.pl. "Skalińska Maria". z-ne.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ "Maria Skalinska - Person - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
After studying natural sciences at the University of Bern in Switzerland, Skalinska taught biology in schools before becoming an assistant at a genetic station in Warsaw. By 1920 she had become the assistant professor at the Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding at Warsaw University. She relocated to London, where she would remain following the outbreak of World War II, contributing to research on the evolutionary changes of species at Kew Gardens. On her return to Poland she began teaching at the Jagiellonian University and became the head of plant anatomy and cytology. In 1955, she discovered a new species of Grass Poa nobilis in the Tatra mountain range between Poland and Slovakia.
- ^ "Poa × nobilis Skalinska — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ "Maria Skalińska z Grosglików". ipsb.nina.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Skalińska.
- ^ "Tropicos | Person - Skalińska, Maria". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
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