# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/linda-katherine-escobar
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:04:24.167Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/linda-katherine-escobar"
name: "Linda Katherine Escobar"
slug: "linda-katherine-escobar"
description: "Linda Katherine Albert de Escobar, was an American botanist, plant collector, and educator noted for her study of Passiflora as well as her work as a teacher and administrator at the University of Antioquia. She was director of the university's herbarium from 1981 to 1988, and served as President of the Herbariums Colombian Association. The species Passiflora linda was named in her honor. The standard author abbreviation L.K.Escobar is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. She identified over forty species, mostly in Passiflora."
tagline: "American botanist (1940-1993)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1940-08-14"
deathDate: "1993-12-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.7317073170731707
  historical:           8.334917333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ليندا كاثرين إسكوبار"
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    title: "ليندا كاثرين اسكوبار"
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  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Katherine_Escobar"
    title: "Linda Katherine Escobar"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Katherine_Escobar"
    title: "Linda Katherine Escobar"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Katherine_Escobar"
    title: "Linda Katherine Escobar"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Katherine_Escobar"
    title: "Linda Katherine Escobar"
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  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Katherine_Escobar"
    title: "Linda Katherine Escobar"
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    title: "Linda Escobar"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump