Eva Myrtelle Roush

Eva Myrtelle (Fling) Roush (1886–1954) was an American botanist noted for her study of Sidalcea and her work at the Arnold Arboretum.^[1][2][3][4] In 1930, she received her doctorate degree in botany from Washington University in St. Louis.^[5] The standard author abbreviation Roush is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[6]

References

1. Gisler, Melanie Marshall; Love, Rhoda M. (2005). "Henderson's checkermallow: The natural, botanical, and conservation history of a rare estuarine species" (PDF). Kalmiopsis. 12: 1–8. Originally identified as " S. malvaeflora ," the specimen was not recognized as S. hendersonii until examined by Eva M.F. Roush for her 1931 monograph of the genus.
2. Munz, Philip Alexander; Keck, David D. (1973). A California Flora. University of California Press. p. 1570. ISBN 9780520024052. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
3. Roush, Eva Myrtelle Fling (1931). A monograph of the genus Sidalcea... Washington university. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
4. Roush, Eva M. Fling (1931). "A synopsis of Robinsonella". Journal of the Arnold Arboretum. 12 (1): 49–59. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.2814. JSTOR 43780581.
5. "600 to Get Degrees at Washington U. Exercises Tuesday". Newspapers.com. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. 8 Jun 1930. p. 4. Retrieved 7 November 2021. DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY - In Botany...Eva Myrtelle Fling Roush
6. International Plant Names Index.  Roush.