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)