Biography
Linda Katherine Escobar Linda Katherine Albert de Escobar (born 14 August 1940, Columbus, died 15 December 1993, La Mesa), 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.
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