# Rebecca Merritt Austin

> Rebecca Merritt Austin was an American botanist and naturalist who collected and sold native plants in California and Oregon. Lomatium austiniae and Cephalanthera austiniae are named in her honor. She studied the chemistry, natural history of, and insects captured by the carnivorous pitcher plant Darlingtonia californica, and sold collected specimens to botanists and collectors. Her specimens are included in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution and the California Academy of Sciences.

*American botanist and plant collector (1832–1919)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1832-03-10
- **Died:** 1919-03-04
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

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## Fame
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## Sources
- [Rebecca Merritt Smith Leonard Austin](https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Merritt_Smith_Leonard_Austin)
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- [Rebecca Merritt Smith Leonard Austin](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Merritt_Smith_Leonard_Austin)
- [Rebecca Merritt Austin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Merritt_Austin)
- [Rebecca Merritt Smith Leonard Austin](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Merritt_Smith_Leonard_Austin)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20354041)

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