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american botanist discovery of several new species of algae caroline bingham
 caroline priscilla bingham
caroline bingham

caroline priscilla bingham -lrb- née lord 1831 - 1932 -rrb- was an american botanist who was one of the earliest american women to publish scientific papers on botany .
she was an influential collector of botanical specimens discovering a new genus and several new species .
as a result of her discoveries bingham had a genus and several algae species named in her honor .
