Treat, Mary, 1830-1923

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Mary Treat (7 September 1830 – 11 April 1923 in Pembroke, New York) was a naturalist and correspondent of Charles Darwin. Treat's contributions to both botany and entomology were extensive: six species of plants and animals were named after her, including an amaryllis, Zephyranthes treatae, an oak gall wasp Bellonocnema treatae and three ant species Aphaenogaster mariae, Aphaenogaster treatae, and Dolichoderus mariae.

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referencedIn Asa Gray correspondence files of the Gray Herbarium Botany Libraries
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correspondedWith Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 person
correspondedWith Gray, Asa, 1810-1888 person
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Trumansburg NY US
Pembroke NY US
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Botany
Entomolgy
Nature
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Botanists
Entomologists
Naturalists
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Birth 1830-09-07

Death 1923-04-11

English

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