Charlotte Goodding Reeder

Charlotte Goodding Reeder (born Charlotte Olive Goodding; July 26, 1916 – October 23, 2009) was an American agrostologist who was active in identifying the flora of Arizona. The standard author abbreviation C.Reeder is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1] The abbreviation C.O.Goodd. has also been used.[2]

Charlotte Goodding Reeder
Reeder in 2003
BornJuly 26, 1916
Flagstaff, Arizona
DiedOctober 23, 2009 (2009-10-24) (aged 93)
NationalityAmerican
Other namesCharlotte Olive Goodding
Alma materUniversity of Wyoming
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1941; died 2009)​
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsSmithsonian Institution
University of Arizona
Author abbrev. (botany)C.Reeder, C.O.Goodd.

Biography

Reeder was born on July 26, 1916 in Flagstaff, Arizona.[3] She was the daughter of accomplished botanist Leslie Newton Goodding. Picking up from her father, she began to help him identify species in Arizona. She attended the University of Wyoming, earning her M.A. in 1939 for her thesis on Muhlenbergia.[4] She then took classes at Oregon State University where she met John R. Reeder. The two married in 1941. With her husband conscripted in the military during World War II, Reeder went to work at the Smithsonian Institution under Agnes Chase.[5]

Upon John's return from the war, he took a post at Yale University and the couple moved to Connecticut. Reeder continued her studies on Muhlenbergia, titling herself "Rogue Botanist". The Reeders moved to Wyoming in 1968, where they collaborated on work at the Rocky Mountain Herbarium of the University of Wyoming. In 1976, they moved to Tucson, Arizona to research at the University of Arizona Herbarium.[5]

After a severe car accident, the two decided to retire.[5]

Legacy

The genus Reederochloa and species Muhlenbergia reederorum were named in honor of the Reeders by Thomas Robert Soderstrom.[4][6]

References
  1. IPNI.  C.Reeder.
  2. IPNI. C.O.Goodd.
  3. Knobloch, Irving William (1979). The Plant Collectors of Northern Mexico. Latin American Studies Center, Michigan State University.
  4. Reeder, Charlotte Olive (1916-)
  5. Jenkins, Philip (2009). "Charlotte Goodding Reeder" (PDF). Flora of North America - Newsletter. 23 (2): 20–21.
  6. Soderstrom, Thomas Robert; Decker, Henry Fleming (1964). "Reederochloa, A New Genus of Dioecious Grasses from Mexico". Brittonia. 16 (3): 334–339. doi:10.2307/2805067. JSTOR 2805067.
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