Margaret Trevana Martin (1905-2000) was a British botanist and phycologist noted for identifying several species of South African Rhodophyceae . [1]
She worked at University College of North Wales, Bangor. [2]
In 1937 she was inducted into the Linnean Society of London.
Martin was a co-founder of the British Phycological Society with her friend and fellow phycologist Kathleen Mary Drew-Baker [3] and later served as Vice President of the organisation. [4] [5]
Her collection of algal specimens is house in the herbarium of the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff. [6] : 9
The standard author abbreviation M.T.Martin is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name . [7]
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