# Lester Gertrude Ellen Rowntree

> American botanist, botanical collector, taxonomist and explorer (1879-1979)

**Wikidata**: [Q16749847](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16749847)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Gertrude_Ellen_Rowntree)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/lester-gertrude-ellen-rowntree


## References

1. Biographical Notes on persons in whose honor Alice Eastwood named native plants
2. [Source](https://www.pacifichorticulture.org/articles/lester-rowntree-a-hardy-californian/)
3. [Source](https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.person.bm000331839)
4. Bionomia
5. Virtual International Authority File
6. Faceted Application of Subject Terminology
7. International Plant Names Index
8. [Source](https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPC7-DZR)
9. [Source](https://www.aag.org/memorial/lester-rowntree/)
10. [In Memoriam: Environmental Scientist and Bay Nature Contributor Lester Rowntree. Bay Nature](https://baynature.org/2019/09/17/in-memoriam-environmental-scientist-and-bay-nature-contributor-lester-rowntree/)
11. [Bionomia](https://bionomia.net/dataset/f934f8e2-32ca-46a7-b2f8-b032a4740454)