User:HenryCrun15/Dorothy Cooper (botanist)

Dorothy "Dot" Cooper is a botanist from New Zealand, known for her work with orchids.

Personal life

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Cooper was born in 1941. She is also known as Dot Cooper and as Dorothy A Cooper.[1]

Career and works

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A museum sample of Pterostylis cardiostigma, identified by Dorothy Cooper

Cooper published Field Guide to New Zealand Native Orchids in 1981.[2] She also established the New Zealand Native Orchid Group.[3]

The orchid Gastrodia cooperae is named after her.[1] She is also credited with the identification of Pterostylis cardiostigma.[4]

Samples of her work are held by New Zealand's national museum, Te Papa.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gastrodia cooperae | New Zealand Plant Conservation Network". www.nzpcn.org.nz. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  2. ^ Cooper, Dorothy. (1981). A field guide to New Zealand native orchids. Wellington Orchid Society. Wellington, N.Z.: Price Milburn for the Wellington Orchid Society. ISBN 0-7055-0786-6. OCLC 9646691.
  3. ^ "Critter of The Week". RNZ. 2016-12-09. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  4. ^ "International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  5. ^ "Dorothy Cooper". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2020-01-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)