Charlotte Georgia Nast

Trochodendron nastae

Charlotte Georgia Nast (1905-1991) was an American botanist and mycologist noted for her work as Curator of the Wood Anatomy Laboratory at Harvard University. ^{[1] [2]} Nast received her PhD in botany from the University of California, Berkeley in 1938. ^[3] The fossil Trochodendron species T. nastae was named in honor of Nast. ^[4] The standard author abbreviation Nast is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. ^[5]

Works

• Nast, Charlotte Georgia (1929). Some cytological studies of Sordaria anserina. University of Wisconsin--Madison.
• Nast, Charlotte Georgia (1935). Morphological Development of the Fruit of Juglans Regia. University of California.
• Nast, Charlotte Georgia (1938). The Embryogeny and Seedling Morphology of Juglans Regia. University of California.

References

1. Bogle, A. Linn. (1991). "Dr. Charlotte Georgia Nast (1905-1991)". Taxon . 40 (3): 532–533. JSTOR   1223242.
2. "Journal of the Arnold Arboretum". Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. 1947: 453. Retrieved 6 December 2018.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
3. Bogle, A. Linn (1991). "In memoriam: Charlotte Georgia Nast". Plant Science Bulletin. 37 (2): 15. OCLC   228162501.
4. Pigg, K.B.; Dillhoff, R.M.; DeVore, M.L.; Wehr, W.C. (2007). "New diversity among the Trochodendraceae from the Early/Middle Eocene Okanogan Highlands of British Columbia, Canada, and Northeastern Washington State, United States". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 168 (4): 521–532. Bibcode:2007IJPlS.168..521P. doi:10.1086/512104. S2CID   86524324.
5. International Plant Names Index. Nast.