Izabela Textorisová (16 March 1866, Ratková – 12 September 1949, Krupina) was Slovakia's first female botanist. Her copious herbarium, stored at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Comenius University in Bratislava, is a valuable resource for botanists to this day. She described more than a hundred new plants in the Turiec region. In 1893, she discovered a new species of thistle, later named Carduus textorisianus Marg. in her honor.
Izabela Textorisová | |
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Born | Ratková, Gömör and Kishont County, Kingdom of Hungary | 16 March 1866
Died | 12 September 1949 | (aged 83)
Resting place | National Cemetery in Martin |
Known for | Discovery of Carduus textorisianus (thistle) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany |
A main-belt asteroid, discovered in 2000 by Peter Kušnirák, was also named in her honor.[1][2][3][4]
In 2018, a documentary film about Textorisová's life, titled Rande s Belkou, was produced by CSTISR and broadcast by RTVS in 2020.[5]
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External links
Media related to Izabela Textorisová at Wikimedia Commons
- Izabela Textorisová profile on botany.cz (in Slovak)
- Rande s Belkou on YouTube