Joan W. Nowicke
Nowicke (born 1938) is an American botanist from St. She worked 27 years for the Smithsonian Institution, between 1972 and 1999, in the Department of Botany, from the National Museum of Natural History. Nowicke is a global reference as a palynologist, mainly due to her specialization in pollen morphology and its relationship with systematics, in addition to her extensive work in the area of Caryophyllales palynotaxonomy.
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Joan W. Nowicke
- Born
- 1938.
- Nationality
- United States.
- Occupation
- botanist, photographer, palynologist and botanical collector.
- Education
- Washington University in St. Louis and University of Missouri.
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Nowicke (born 1938) is an American botanist from St. She worked 27 years for the Smithsonian Institution, between 1972 and 1999, in the Department of Botany, from the National Museum of Natural History. Nowicke is a global reference as a palynologist, mainly due to her specialization in pollen morphology and its relationship with systematics, in addition to her extensive work in the area of Caryophyllales palynotaxonomy.
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She co-authored a 1984 paper entitled, "Yellow rain - a palynological analysis". At the time, yellow rain was thought to be a form of toxin warfare by the Soviet Union. Her paper stated that the yellow rain of South-East Asia contained a large amount of pollen leading her to gain international recognition. In 1989, botanists J.Martínez & J.A.McDonald published Nowickea, a genus of flowering plants from Mexico, belonging to the family Phytolaccaceae and named in her honour.
Nowicke studied at Washington University in St. Employment is recorded with Smithsonian Institution.
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- 1.Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food.
- 2.Palynologist Joan W. Nowicke Retires. The Plant Press.
- 3.Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Joan W. Nowicke. Smithsonian Institution Archives.
- 4.Nowicke, Joan W. Yellow rain — a palynological analysis. Nature. 309. 5965. 205–206. May 1984. 1476-4687.
- 5.Bee Waste Is Suspected As 'Yellow Rain' Source. 1983-06-01.
- 6.Women of the US National Herbarium Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. naturalhistory.si.edu.
- 7.Nowickea J.Martínez & J.A.McDonald Plants of the World Online Kew Science. Plants of the World Online.
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