Joan W. Nowicke Explained

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Joan W. Nowicke (born 1938) is an American botanist^[1] from St. Louis, Missouri. She worked 27 years for the Smithsonian Institution, between 1972 and 1999, in the Department of Botany, from the National Museum of Natural History. Nowicke is a global reference as a palynologist, mainly due to her specialization in pollen morphology and its relationship with systematics, in addition to her extensive work in the area of Caryophyllales palynotaxonomy.^{[2] [3]}

In 1989 botanists J.Martínez & J.A.McDonald published Nowickea, a genus of flowering plants from Mexico, belonging to the family Phytolaccaceae and named in her honour.^[4]

See also

• Timeline of women in science

Notes and References

1. Web site: Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food . Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food . March 25, 2021 .
2. Web site: Palynologist Joan W. Nowicke Retires . The Plant Press . March 25, 2021 .
3. Web site: Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Joan W. Nowicke . Smithsonian Institution Archives . March 25, 2021 .
4. Web site: Nowickea J.Martínez & J.A.McDonald Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 27 May 2021 . en.