Izabela Textorisová, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Izabela Textorisová

Slovak botanist (1866 - 1949)

Date of Birth: 16-Mar-1866

Place of Birth: Ratková, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia

Date of Death: 12-Sep-1949

Profession: botanist

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Izabela Textorisová (16 March 1866, in Ratková – 12 September 1949, in Krupina) was Slovakia's first female botanist.
Her copious herbarium is still today a valuable source for botanists.
She described more than a hundred new plants in the Turiec region.
In 1893 she discovered a new species of thistle, later named Carduus textorisianus Marg.
in her honor.
A main-belt asteroid discovered in 2000 was also named in her honor.