Bertha Marion Lahman

Cactus named Echinocereus baileyi var. albispinus
Echinocereus Albispinus are one of the species Lahman is credited with cataloging. This is a subspecies of this species.

Bertha Marion (née Sherwood) Lahman (December 5, 1872–February 11, 1954) was an American botanist specializing in the cacti of Oklahoma.

Biography

Bertha Marion Sherwood was born on December 5, 1872, in Tiskilwa, Illinois, to Theodore and Eucla Sherwood. She attended local public schools before graduating from the University of Michigan with a bachelor's degree in biology in 1897. She later attended the University of Chicago receiving a master's degree in botany.[1]

She married Charles S. Lahman in July 1898 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the couple moved to Stillwater, Oklahoma Territory in 1899. She moved to Vinita in 1902, Tulsa in 1913, Ponca City in 1923, and Tulsa again in 1927, and studied flora in each town. She was an active suffragette, served on the Tulsa Council of Defense during World War I, and was a chairwoman of the Tulsa County Republican Committee.[1]

Lahman was appointed by Governor Lee Cruce to investigate European agricultural practices and conditions and prepare a report. She died on February 11, 1956, in Tulsa.[1]

Contributions to botany

The standard author abbreviation Lahman is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[2]

Lahman specialized in the cacti of Oklahoma.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Lahman is credited with the cataloging of at least thirteen different species of cacti. Her work is recognized in the journal of the Cactus and Succulent Society of America in all issues following 1932.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Everett, Dianna (May 13, 2026). "Lahman, Bertha Marion Sherwood (1872–1954)". okhistory.org. The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Retrieved July 14, 2026.
  2. ↑ International Plant Names Index. Lahman.
  3. ↑ McGregor, Ronald L.; Barkley, Theodore Mitchell (1986). Flora of the Great Plains. University Press of Kansas. p. 1301. ISBN 9780700602957. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  4. ↑ Erhardt, Walter; Coombes, Allen J. (2009). The Timber Press Dictionary of Plant Names. Timber Press. p. 882. ISBN 9781604691153.
  5. ↑ Hinding, Andrea; Bower, Ames S. (1979). Women's History Sources: Index. Bowker. ISBN 9780835212687. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Tropicos Name - Echinocereus albispinus Lahman". www.tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  7. ↑ Turner, G. (1937). "Oklahoma Cacti". The Cactus Journal. 5 (4): 80–83. JSTOR 42784690.
  8. ↑ Weniger, Del (1969). Cacti of the Southwest: Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana. University of Texas Press. p. 124. ISBN 9780292700000. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  9. ↑ Collections, University of Oklahoma Western History (2002). Guide to Manuscripts in the Western History Collections of the University of Oklahoma. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 190. ISBN 9780806134734. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  10. ↑ "Cactus and Succulent Journal. [Cactus and Succulent Society of America] | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 2024-03-20.


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