Olga Korhonen Lakela

Finnish-american botanist (1890-1980).

Olga Korhoven Lakela (March 11, 1890 – May 17, 1980) was a Finnish-American botanist and educator who identified many species in the genera Heuchera and Tiarella. She emigrated to the United States from Finland in 1906. Lakela received her doctorate in botany from the University of Minnesota in 1932. Lakela founded the herbarium at the University of Minnesota Duluth, which is named after her, and worked there until 1935. After her retirement from the University of Minnesota Duluth in 1958, she taught for a year at the University of North Dakota and was then the curator of the University of So

Abbreviations: Lakela
Occupations: scientific collector, professor, botanist, botanical collector
Citizenships: United States, Finland
Dates: 1890-01-01T00:00:00Z – 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Direct attributions: 19 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 24 plants, 0 fungi

19 plants attributed, 5 plants contributed to24 plants:

Heuchera hirsutissima (Shaggy-hair Alumroot) Rosend., Butters & Lakela 1936
perennial plant species in the saxifragaceae family
Heuchera hirsutissima is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known by the common name shaggy-haired alumroot.
Heuchera eastwoodiae (Senator Mine Alumroot) Rosend., Butters & Lakela 1936
perennial plant species in the saxifragaceae family
Heuchera eastwoodiae is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family, Saxifragaceae. It is endemic to Arizona in the United States, where it is found in Gila, Maricopa and Yavapai Counties. It is known by the common names Senator Mine alumroot and Eastwood alumroot. This species is a perennial herb growing up to half a meter tall. The rounded, scalloped leaves grow on long stalks at the base of the stem. The inflorescence is a raceme of flowers with yellow-green sepals and no petals. It is the only Heuchera with six-parted flowers. The plant grows in ponderosa pine forests on rocky
Heuchera hemsleyana Rosend., Butters & Lakela 1936
plant species in the saxifragaceae family
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Heuchera glomerulata (Chiricahua Mountain Alumroot) Rosend., Butters & Lakela 1936
perennial plant species in the saxifragaceae family
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Heuchera amoena Rosend., Butters & Lakela 1936
plant species in the saxifragaceae family
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Heuchera alpestris (San Bernardino Mountain Alumroot) Rosend., Butters & Lakela 1936
plant species in the saxifragaceae family
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Dicerandra immaculata (Lakela's Mint) Lakela 1963
plant species in the lamiaceae family
Dicerandra immaculata is a rare species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common names Lakela's mint, Olga's mint, and spotless balm. It is endemic to Florida in the United States, where it is known only from Indian River and St. Lucie counties. There are seven occurrences of the plant, two of which are scheduled for destruction as the land is cleared for development. The plant was federally listed as an endangered species in 1985. This is an aromatic perennial shrub growing up to about half a meter tall, with several erect stems emerging from a woody-topped taproot. The
Tiarella wherryi (Tufted Foamflower) Lakela 1937
perennial plant species in the saxifragaceae family
Tiarella wherryi is a species of flowering plant in the family Saxifragaceae. The specific epithet wherryi recognizes Edgar Wherry, the botanist who collected some of the first specimens in the early 1930s. Commonly called Wherry's foamflower, it is the southernmost of all species of Tiarella in the southeastern United States, where its range approaches the Gulf Coast in southern Alabama.
Heuchera villosa var. macrorhiza (Giant Alumroot) (Small) Rosend., Butters & Lakela 1936
plant variety in the saxifragaceae family
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Heuchera rubescens var. truncata Rosend., Butters & Lakela 1936
plant variety in the saxifragaceae family
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Heuchera rubescens var. rydbergiana Rosend., Butters & Lakela 1936
plant variety in the saxifragaceae family
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Heuchera parvifolia var. microcarpa Rosend., Butters & Lakela 1936
plant variety in the saxifragaceae family
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Heuchera parvifolia var. major Rosend., Butters & Lakela 1936
plant variety in the saxifragaceae family
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Heuchera parvifolia var. flavescens (Rydb.) Rosend., Butters & Lakela 1936
plant variety in the saxifragaceae family
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Heuchera parvifolia var. arizonica Rosend., Butters & Lakela 1936
plant variety in the saxifragaceae family
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Heuchera micrantha var. diversifolia (Crevice Alumroot) (Rydb.) Rosend., Butters & Lakela 1936
perennial plant variety in the saxifragaceae family
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Heuchera flabellifolia var. subsecta Rosend., Butters & Lakela 1936
plant variety in the saxifragaceae family
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Heuchera cylindrica var. septentrionalis Rosend., Butters & Lakela 1936
plant variety in the saxifragaceae family
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Heuchera americana var. hirsuticaulis (American Alumroot) (Wheelock) Rosend., Butters & Lakela 1936
perennial plant variety in the saxifragaceae family
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Heuchera caroliniana (Carolina Alumroot) (Rosend., Butters & Lakela) E.F.Wells 1979
perennial plant species in the saxifragaceae family
Heuchera caroliniana, the Carolina alumroot, is a species of flowering plant in the family Saxifragaceae, native to the US states of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Split off from Heuchera americana, which it closely resembles, it is found the northwestern and west-central Piedmont, where H. americana is largely absent. It grows in rich upland woods on base-saturated substrates, basic dikes, and basic rock outcroppings.
Tiarella austrina (Southern Foamflower) (Lakela) G.L.Nesom 2021
perennial plant species in the saxifragaceae family
Tiarella austrina is a species of flowering plant in the family Saxifragaceae. The specific name austrina means "from the south". Being endemic to the southeastern United States, it is sometimes referred to as the southern foamflower. It is one of two species of Tiarella that spread by stolons (the other being Tiarella stolonifera).
Dicerandra frutescens var. immaculata (Lakela) D.B.Ward 2009
plant variety in the lamiaceae family
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Heuchera parvifolia var. nivalis (Rosend., Butters & Lakela) D.Löve, Á.Löve & B.M.Kapoor 1971
plant variety in the saxifragaceae family
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Heuchera cylindrica var. orbicularis (Rosend., Lakela & Lakela) Calder & Savile 1959
plant variety in the saxifragaceae family
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