Colombian botanist and pteridologist (1929-2017).
María Teresa Murillo Pulido (15 October 1929 – 26 February 2017) was a Colombian botanist and pteridologist, who was known by many as "the First Lady of Botany in Colombia". An internationally recognised expert in the field, she expanded the herbarium at the National University of Colombia and was the first woman to be accepted into the Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences.