Mary Therese Kalin de Arroyo, New Zealander-born Chilean botanist (New Plymouth 12 November 1944 –

Authored about 150 papers and 5 books

With T. Ruiz Zapata. First records of self-incompatibility for the families Polygonaceae and Olaceaeae. Incompat. Newsl. 8:15-6, 1978

Showed that breeding systems aren’t necessarily closed linked to pollinator availability at the community level

DESCRIBED NEW PLANTAE TAXA

Genus

Nassauvia 1988 with Marticorena

Section

Harpalyce sect. Brasilianae 1976

Species

Acosmium cardenasii 1974 with Irwin

Camptosema douradense 1974 with Irwin

Harpalyce sousai 1976

Justicia stipitata 1976 with Wasshausen

Moldenhawera nitida 1974 with Irwin

Nassauvia coronipappa 1988 with Marticorena

Ourisia confertifolia 1984

Ourisia goulandiana 1984

Ourisia remotifolia 1984

Ourisia spathulata 1984

Periandra gracilis 1972 with Irwin

Sclerobium prancei 1974 with Irwin

Werdermannia mendocina 1984 with Boelcke

Subspecies & Varieties  

4

HONOURS

Fellow, Linnean Society of London (1998) & World Technology Network (2006)

Corresponding Member, Botanical Society of America (1995)

Foreign member, US Academy of Sciences (1999)

Volvo Environmental Prize (2005)