Ada Italia Pastore (1906–1952) was an Argentine

botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

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, teacher, and explorer. She had a doctorate in

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and developed academic activities at the Darwinion Botanical Institute and CONICET. She was a student of Lorenzo R. Parodi and Arturo Eduardo Burkart.

Honors

* Member: Argentine Federation of University Women (FAMU) * Member: Argentine Botanical Society * Director: Bulletin of the Argentine Society of Horticulture

Bibliography

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External links

All genera and species described by Patores
on the

International Plant Names Index The International Plant Names Index (IPNI) describes itself as "a database of the names and associated basic bibliographical details of seed plants, ferns and lycophytes." Coverage of plant names is best at the rank of species and genus. It inclu ...

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