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Geraldine A. Allen

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Geraldine Anne Allen
Born1950 (age 73–74)[4]
Other namesGeraldine Anne Allen Guppy[2]
EducationDoctor of Philosophy
  (Botany and
  Plant pathology)[2]
Alma mater
SpouseArthur Guppy[3] (div.)
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsUniversity of Victoria[1]
Theses
Doctoral advisorKenton L. Chambers[2]
Other academic advisorsRoy L. Taylor[3]
Author abbrev. (botany)G.A.Allen[4]

Geraldine Anne Allen (born 1950)[4] is a botanist, professor of biology, and herbarium curator at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. She obtained formal education at the University of British Columbia and Oregon State University, earning a Doctor of Philosophy degree in botany and plant pathology from the latter in 1981. During her career, she has authored or co-authored over 50 publications, including genera chapters for Flora of North America and the Jepson Manual. She also has authored several species of the Erythronium genus.

Education

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Allen earned Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from the University of British Columbia in 1972 and 1975, respectively, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in botany and plant pathology from Oregon State University in 1981.[5] Her master's thesis was entitled The Systematics of Indigenous Species of Hieracium Asteraceae in British Columbia[6] and her dissertation was Biosystematics of a Western North American Polyploid Complex in the Genus Aster.[7]

Career

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Cunningham biology building, University of Victoria

Allen is professor of biology[1] and herbarium curator at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada.[8] During her career, she has authored or co-authored over 50 publications,[9] including the Flora of North America chapters on the genera Erythronium,[10] Eucephalus,[11] and Symphyotrichum.[12] Her work also has included chapters for the Jepson Manual on genera Symphyotrichum,[13] Erythronium,[14] and Doellingeria.[15] Allen has authored several species of the Erythronium genus.[16] The standard author abbreviation G.A.Allen is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[17]

Personal life

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While Allen was writing her master's thesis, she was married to Arthur Guppy, and she used variations of the name Geraldine Anne Allen Guppy as author for her thesis,[3] her dissertation,[7] and her other 1970s publications.[18][19]

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