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    Alice Eastwood (January 19, 1859 – October 30, 1953) was a Canadian American botanist. She is credited with building the botanical collection at the California...
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    Rubroboletus pulcherrimus, known as Boletus pulcherrimus until 2015, and commonly known as the red-pored bolete, is a species of mushroom in the family...
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    Some of the greatest losses from fire were in scientific laboratories. Alice Eastwood, the curator of botany at the California Academy of Sciences in San...
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  • Mexía as a "close friend of Alice Eastwood." He relates that "In 1933 she accompanied Miss Eastwood and me on the first Eastwood and Howell collecting expedition...
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  • during the reign of Charles II. Alice Eastwood Alison Eastwood Arthur Eastwood, New Zealand rower Bob Eastwood Clint Eastwood, American film director, actor...
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    known by the common name Alice Eastwood's fleabane, or simply Alice's fleabane. It was named for American botanist Alice Eastwood, 1859 - 1953. Erigeron...
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    Lupinus kuschei (category Taxa named by Alice Eastwood)
    Lupinus kuschei, the Yukon lupine, is a species of flowering plant from the order Fabales which can be found in Alaska and Western Canada. The plant's...
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  • American actor and director Clint Eastwood has long shown an interest in politics. He won election as the nonpartisan mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California...
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    Lupinus croceus (category Taxa named by Alice Eastwood)
    Lupinus croceus is a species of lupine known by the common names saffron-flowered lupine and Mt Eddy Lupine. It is endemic to the northernmost mountains...
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    had been undertaken under the scientific leadership and direction of Alice Eastwood. The census yielded ninety-one existing cultivars. Armed with that list...
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    the Texas bluebonnet (L. texensis), are the state flowers of Texas. Alice Eastwood Both pronounced /ˈluːpɪn/; the latter spelling is prevalent in North...
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    discovered: he had a "wife", Mary Eastwood Walters, a machine demonstrator, and had had a daughter in Lower Manhattan: Alice Eastwood (née Walters) Merritt (1852–1890)...
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    Iris purdyi (category Taxa named by Alice Eastwood)
    Iris purdyi is a species of iris known by the common name Purdy's iris, named after Carl Purdy. It is found in the redwood forests of California and into...
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    Erigeron speciosus (category Taxa named by Alice Eastwood)
    2014-10-17. Flora of North America, Erigeron speciosus. Showy fleabane Eastwood, Alice 1896. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 2,...
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  • Laphamia saxicola (category Taxa named by Alice Eastwood)
    Laphamia saxicola is a rare species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names Roosevelt Dam rockdaisy and Fish Creek rockdaisy....
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    Allium hickmanii (category Taxa named by Alice Eastwood)
    California 1–1400. University of California Press, Berkeley. Photo gallery Eastwood, Alice. 1903. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 30(9): 483–484. Jepson...
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    Lupinus duranii (category Taxa named by Alice Eastwood)
    Lupinus duranii is a species of lupine known by the common name Mono Lake lupine. It is endemic to California, where it is known mainly from the eastern...
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    Ceanothus cyaneus (category Taxa named by Alice Eastwood)
    Ceanothus cyaneus is a species of flowering shrub in the genus Ceanothus known commonly as the San Diego buckbrush and Lakeside ceanothus. This species...
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  • ponderosa pine forests on rocky clay soils. The species is named for Alice Eastwood. The first common name alludes to the Senator Mine, a 19th-Century metal...
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    Aquilegia micrantha (category Taxa named by Alice Eastwood)
    Richard Wetherill) to the describer of the species, Alice Eastwood. Wetherill noted in his letter to Eastwood that it was similar enough to Aquilegia ecalcarata...
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    during the hotter, drier early Holocene period between 6000 and 2000 BC. Alice Eastwood discovered P. hickmanii in 1900 on the Monterey Peninsula, a region...
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    Encelia nutans (category Taxa named by Alice Eastwood)
    Program 2014 distribution map Flora of North America, Encelia nutans Eastwood Eastwood, Alice 1891. Zoë 2(3): 230–231 USDA Plants Profile for Encelia nutans...
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  • mallow family known by the common name Alice's lovely bushmallow. It is named after the botanist Alice Eastwood. It is endemic to Santa Barbara County...
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    television shows, and was principally known for his film roles alongside Clint Eastwood and Robert Redford. He often portrayed villains or quirky characters. Lewis...
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    years before. He spent a week in Colorado, with the American botanist Alice Eastwood as his guide, exploring the flora of the Rocky Mountains and gathering...
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    2018. "Inventory to the papers of Alice Eastwood at the California Academy of Sciences Library - MSS.142 Eastwood (Alice) Papers". researcharchive.calacademy...
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    painted using oils on paper. She received assistance from her friend Alice Eastwood, who was the curator of botany at the California Academy of Sciences...
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    Chrysothamnus stylosus (category Taxa named by Alice Eastwood)
    of North America Vol. 20 Page 190, Resinbush, Chrysothamnus stylosus (Eastwood) Urbatsch, R. P. Roberts & Neubig, Sida. 21: 1627. 2005. Biota of North...
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    4 and the Natural History Museum, London she chose "Miss – not Dr – Alice Eastwood" as her hero. In July 2017, Knapp was a guest on the BBC World Service's...
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    Arctostaphylos auriculata (category Taxa named by Alice Eastwood)
    Arctostaphylos auriculata (Mount Diablo manzanita) is an endangered species of Arctostaphylos endemic to California, and limited in geography to the area...
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