Bertha Marion (née Sherwood) Lahman (1872–1954) was an American botanist specializing in cacti of Oklahoma.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

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.

The standard author abbreviation Lahman is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[8]

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.[9]

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  1. ^ McGregor, Ronald L.; Barkley, Theodore Mitchell (1986). Flora of the Great Plains. University Press of Kansas. p. 1301. ISBN 9780700602957. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  2. ^ Erhardt, Walter; Coombes, Allen J. (2009). The Timber Press Dictionary of Plant Names. Timber Press. p. 882. ISBN 9781604691153.
  3. ^ Hinding, Andrea; Bower, Ames S. (1979). Women's History Sources: Index. Bowker. ISBN 9780835212687. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Tropicos Name - Echinocereus albispinus Lahman". www.tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  5. ^ Turner, G. (1937). "Oklahoma Cacti". The Cactus Journal. 5 (4): 80–83. JSTOR 42784690.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Lahman.
  9. ^ "Cactus and Succulent Journal. [Cactus and Succulent Society of America] | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 2024-03-20.