Lauramay Tinsley Dempster
Dempster; Lauramay Tinsley; L Tinsley; L M Dempster; L T D; L T Dempster; LT Dempster; ltd; Mrs L T Dempster; Lauramay T Dempster; Lauramay Dempster
* May 11, 1905 – November 14, 1997 †
botanist, curator, explorer, geneticist, collector, illustrator
American botanist (1905-1997)
- 1,146 specimens collected from at least 17 countries
- 4,815 specimens identified from at least 30 countries
- 416 specimens used in 42 works
Progress
Collected From
- United States 538
- Australia 305
- Peru 123
- Mexico 36
- Greece 28
- Italy 23
- France 19
- Portugal 18
- Spain 9
- Austria 8
- Germany 7
- Sweden 7
- Canada 3
- United Kingdom 3
- Netherlands 1
- New Zealand 1
- Nepal 1
Identified From
- United States 3,274
- Mexico 789
- Australia 250
- Chile 86
- Brazil 85
- Ecuador 71
- Colombia 34
- Argentina 27
- Peru 27
- Bolivia 21
- Jamaica 14
- Dominican Republic 14
- Uruguay 14
- Venezuela 13
- Portugal 10
- Haiti 10
- Guadeloupe 5
- Paraguay 4
- Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 3
- Spain 3
- Greece 2
- France 2
- Suriname 2
- Costa Rica 2
- Guatemala 1
- Ukraine 1
- Netherlands 1
- Italy 1
- Canada 1
- Panama 1
Dates Collected
- 1880 – 1885 1
- 1900 – 1905 1
- 1905 – 1910 1
- 1920 – 1925 64
- 1925 – 1930 100
- 1930 – 1935 14
- 1935 – 1940 5
- 1940 – 1945 12
- 1945 – 1950 10
- 1950 – 1955 20
- 1955 – 1960 193
- 1960 – 1965 474
- 1965 – 1970 64
- 1970 – 1975 30
- 1975 – 1980 122
- 1980 – 1985 1
Dates Identified
- 1895 – 1900 2
- 1920 – 1925 10
- 1925 – 1930 27
- 1930 – 1935 2
- 1945 – 1950 1
- 1950 – 1955 7
- 1955 – 1960 33
- 1960 – 1965 395
- 1965 – 1970 536
- 1970 – 1975 165
- 1975 – 1980 327
- 1980 – 1985 120
- 1985 – 1990 278
- 1990 – 1995 704
- 1995 – 2000 6