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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox scientist Eliza Amy Hodgson (Шаблон:Née Campbell, 10 October 1888 – 7 January 1983) was a New Zealand botanist who specialised in liverworts.

Early life

Hodgson was born in Havelock North and attended Pukahu Primary School and Napier Girls' High School.[1] She went by her middle name Amy.[2] Hodgson was self-educated in botany as her father refused to allow her to attend university.[1]

Botany work

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Lejeunea hodgsoniana

Hodgson collected numerous specimens and was encouraged by George Osborne King Sainsbury with whom she collected.[2] Hodgson also collected with Kenneth Willway Allison.[2] Hodgson published her first scientific paper at the age of 42 and went on to publish more than 30 papers thereafter.[3] She described two new species of liverworts and nine new genera.[3] The liverwort Lejeunea hodgsoniana was named in her honour[4] as was the species Lepidolaena hodgsoniae.[1]

Her herbarium was donated to Massey University in 1972.[2]

Recognition

She was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London and in 1961 was accorded the same honour by the Royal Society of New Zealand.[5][6] Hodgson was also an honorary member of the British Bryological Society.[1]

Hodgson was awarded an honorary doctorate by Massey University in 1976.[1][6]

In 2017, Hodges was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's "150 women in 150 words", celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand.[6]

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References

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  4. Lewington, R.J.; Beveridge, P.; Renner, M.A.M. 2013: Lejeunea hodgsoniana, a newly described, long recognised Lejeunea (Jungermanniopsida, Lejeuneaceae) from lowland coastal forest habitats in New Zealand. PhytoKeys, 29: 1-15. Шаблон:Doi
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