Norma Etta Pfeiffer

Norma Etta Pfeiffer (1889–1989) was an American botanist who specialized in the study of lilies and Isoetes. She discovered and described the Chicago-endemic flowering plant species Thismia americana.[1][2][3]

Norma Pfeiffer
Born	1889 Chicago, IL
Died	23 August 1989 (aged 99–100) Dallas, TX
Nationality	American
Scientific career
Fields	Botany
Institutions	University of North Dakota, Boyce Thompson Institute
Thesis	Morphology of Thismia americana (1913)

The standard author abbreviation N.Pfeiff. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]

Works

• Pfeiffer, Norma Etta (1914). Morphology of Thismia Americana ... University of Chicago. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
• Pfeiffer, Norma E. (1914). "Undiscovered Plants". The Quarterly Journal. University of North Dakota. 5 (1): 43–48. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
• Pfeiffer, Norma Etta (1922). Monograph of the Isoetaceae. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.1629.

References

1. "Norma Pfeiffer, Expert on Lilies, Dies at 100". The New York Times. 12 September 1989. Retrieved 25 September 2018. Dr. Pfeiffer, a native of Chicago, received her bachelor's and doctor's degrees from the University of Chicago. Her doctorate was awarded in 1913, following her discovery of a new plant, Thismia americana. At the time, she was 24, the youngest person to receive a Ph. D. from the university.
2. Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey; Harvey, Joy Dorothy (2000). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z. Taylor & Francis. p. 1014. ISBN 9780415920407. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
3. "Tropicos | Person - Pfeiffer, Norma Etta". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
4. IPNI.  N.Pfeiff.