Isabella Abbott

**Isabella Aiona Abbott** (20 Iune 1919 – 28 ʻOkakopa 2010) he kānaka maoli Hawaiʻi a he mea ʻepekema i kaulana no kāna hana noiʻi i nā limu. ʻO ia ka wahine mua i loaʻa ka Ph.D. ma ka Biology mai ke Kulanui o California, Berkeley, a ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo "ka First Lady o ka Limu" no kāna hana nui ma ka noiʻi ʻana i nā limu.

## Ke Ola Mua
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Isabella Kauakea Yau Yung Aiona ma ka lā 20 Iune 1919 ma Hāna, Maui. He kānaka maoli kona makuahine, ʻo Annie Kaʻaikaula, a he Pākē kona makuakāne, ʻo Chan Yee Aiona. Ua aʻo ʻia ʻo ia e kona makuahine i ka ʻike Hawaiʻi no nā limu, a ua hoʻomaka kona makemake nui i ka limu mai kona wā kamaliʻi.

## Ka Hoʻonaʻauao
Ua hele ʻo Abbott i ke Kula ʻo Kamehameha a ua puka kūlana kiʻekiʻe mai laila i ka makahiki 1937. Ua loaʻa iā ia kona kēkelē laepua mai ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa i ka makahiki 1941, a ua hoʻomau ʻo ia i kāna haʻawina ma ke Kulanui o Michigan a me ke Kulanui o California, Berkeley. I ka makahiki 1950, ua lilo ʻo ia i ka wahine mua i loaʻa ka Ph.D. ma ka Biology mai Berkeley.

## Ke Ola ʻOihana
Ua hoʻomaka kāna ʻoihana aʻo ma ke Kulanui o Stanford ma ka makahiki 1960. Ma laila, ua lilo ʻo ia i ka wahine mua e lilo i polopeka ma ka māhele Biology. I loko o kona mau makahiki ma Stanford, ua kākau ʻo ia i kāna puke kaulana loa, *Marine Algae of California*, me George J. Hollenberg (1976), ka puke i lilo i kumu alakaʻi no nā hanauna o nā mea noiʻi limu.

Ma hope o kona hoʻi ʻana i Hawaiʻi i ka makahiki 1984, ua lilo ʻo ia i Polopeka Wilder ma ka Botany ma ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa. Ma kēia kūlana, ua hui pū ʻo ia i ka ʻike kuʻuna Hawaiʻi me ka ʻepekema hou, e aʻo ana i nā haumāna i ke koʻikoʻi o ka limu i ka moʻomeheu Hawaiʻi a me kona waiwai ʻepekema.

### Nā Puke Koʻikoʻi
* *Marine Algae of California* (1976)
* *Limu: An Ethnobotanical Study of Some Hawaiian Seaweeds* (1984)
* *La'au Hawai'i: Traditional Hawaiian Uses of Plants* (1992)
* *A California Species List of Marine Algae* (1972)
* *Marine Red Algae of the Hawaiian Islands* (1988)
* *Pacific Seaweeds: A Guide to Common Seaweeds of the West Coast* (1987)

### Nā Limu i ʻIke ʻIa
Ua ʻike ʻo Abbott i nā limu hou he nui, me kēia mau mea:
* *Gracilaria abbottiana*
* *Vanvoorstia abbottiae*
* *Callophyllis abbottiana*
* *Gibsmithia hawaiiensis*
* *Dudresnaya hawaiiensis*

Ma waho o ka ʻike ʻana i nā limu hou, ua hoʻomaopopo ʻo ia i ka waiwai o ka limu ma ka moʻomeheu Hawaiʻi. Ua noiʻi ʻo ia i nā ʻano hoʻohana kuʻuna o ka limu ma ke ʻano he meaʻai a me ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Ua hōʻike pū ʻo ia i ke koʻikoʻi o ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻike kuʻuna Hawaiʻi no ka limu a me ka pilina o ia ʻike i ka ʻepekema hou.

### Ka Hana Noiʻi
Ua kālele kāna hana noiʻi i:
* Ka taxonomy o nā limu o ka Moana Pākīpika
* Ka ethnobotany o nā limu Hawaiʻi
* Nā pilina ma waena o nā ʻano limu like ʻole
* Ka hoʻohana ʻia ʻana o ka limu ma ka moʻomeheu Hawaiʻi
* Ka mālama ʻana i nā limu o Hawaiʻi

## Nā Hanana Koʻikoʻi
* Ka wahine mua i loaʻa ka Ph.D. ma ka Biology mai UC Berkeley
* Ka polopeka mua o ka moʻomeheu Hawaiʻi ma ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi
* Ua ʻike ʻo ia ma kahi o 200 mau ʻano limu hou
* Ua kapa ʻia kekahi limu mamao i kona inoa: *Abbottella*

## Nā Hoʻohanohano
* Gilbert Morgan Smith Medal (1997)
* Ka lālā o ka National Academy of Sciences
* Lifetime Achievement Award mai ka Hawaiian Botanical Society

## Make ʻana
Ua hala ʻo Isabella Abbott ma ka lā 28 ʻOkakopa 2010 ma Honolulu, Hawaiʻi.

## Nā Kūmole


Māhele:Kānaka Maoli
Māhele:Mea ʻEpekema Hawaiʻi
Māhele:Kulanui o Hawaiʻi