Gladys Turner Nisbet (

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, 11 September 1895 –

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, 7 October 1994) was an American botanist known for researching the genus ''

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'', particularly in New Mexico. Nisbet earned a Masters in Biology at the

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expanding on work she had done as an undergraduate at New Mexico Normal University. A species of fossil coral which she discovered in

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, Iowaphyllum nisbeti, is named in her honor.Oliver, W.A. Iowaphyllum (rugose coral) from the upper Devonian of Arizona. Journal of research, U. S. Geological Survey. Vol. 6, No. 6, Nov.-Dec. 1978, p. 7&7-80

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