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Nancy Adams
New Zealand botanist, botanical artist and curator (1926-2007) · New Zealand · On the map · Scientists · Died at 80
Jacqueline Nancy Mary Adams was a New Zealand botanical illustrator, botanical collector, phycologist and museum curator. Throughout her career (1943-1987), she worked at DSIR and later at the Dominion Museum in different roles as technician, artist and assistant curator of botany.
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An early Adams watercolour (1935) of a small island in an inlet
An early Adams watercolour of botanical garden scene (1938)
Adams watercolour illustration of the alga Gigartina in Plate 62 of Seaweeds of New Zealand (1994)
Isotype of the red algae Nesophila hoggardii which was described by Wendy Nelson and Nancy Adams
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Largely self-taught, Adams collected over 3300 botanical specimens in New Zealand, illustrated nearly forty publications on algae and other native plants, and authored numerous scientific publications. Her major work, Seaweeds of New Zealand - An Illustrated Guide, was published in 1994.
