Elizabeth Blackwell

Scottish botanist, botanical illustrator and author (1699-1758).

Elizabeth Blackwell (born 23 April 1699 in Aberdeen – 1758) was a botanical illustrator best known as the drawer and engraver of the plates for A Curious Herbal, published between 1737 and 1739. It illustrated medicinal plants in a reference work for the use of physicians and apothecaries.

Abbreviations: Blackw.
Occupations: scientific illustrator, writer, journalist, editor, botanist, botanical illustrator
Citizenships: Kingdom of Great Britain
Languages: English
Dates: 1699-04-23T00:00:00Z – 1758-10-00T00:00:00Z
Birth place: City of London
Authorship mentions: 1 plant, 0 fungi

1 plant contributed to1 plant:

Wurfbainia vera (Blackw.) Škorničk. & A.D.Poulsen 2018
plant species in the zingiberaceae family
Wurfbainia vera is a herbaceous plant in the Zingiberaceae family. Formerly called Amomum verum, it was the first plant species to be named by a woman, the Scots artist Elizabeth Blackwell in 1757. The Kingdom of Siam obtained the fruit (seeds) of the plant from Cambodia in the 18th century to export as a spice to China and Europe. The species occurs not only in Cambodia, but also in Sumatra, Thailand and Vietnam. The young leaf, the fruit and the seeds are edible, the seeds are known as Siam cardamom in English.
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