Asuman Baytop

Asuman Baytop
Dr. Asuman Baytop, 2003
Born	(1920-03-27)March 27, 1920 Istanbul
Died	February 18, 2015(2015-02-18) (aged 94) Istanbul
Nationality	Turkish
Occupation(s)	botanist, pharmacologist, educator
Spouse	Turhan Baytop

Dr. Asuman Baytop (27 March 1920 - 18 February 2015) was a Turkish botanist, plant collector, pharmacologist, and educator known for her research regarding the medicinal properties of the flora of Turkey.[1][2] In 1964, she founded the Department of Pharmaceutical Botany at Istanbul University, and established the department's herbarium, to which she contributed over 23,000 specimens.[3][4] She is also noted for describing several species of crocus, and the species Allium baytopiorum and Colchicum baytopiorum are named in her honor.[4] She was married to fellow botanist Turhan Baytop. The standard author abbreviation A. Baytop is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

References

1. "Asuman Baytop". Bilim Kadınları (in Turkish). 16 March 2019. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
2. Şengör, A. M. Celal. "Botanik biliminin bir numaralı hanımefendisini kaybettik! Asuman Baytop" (PDF). Botanik Tarihi: 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
3. Mathew, Brian. "First lady of the crocus: The botanist Asuman Baytop (1920–2015)". www.cornucopia.net. Cornucopia Magazine. Archived from the original on 5 July 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2019. Her publications on various aspects of the Turkish flora are numerous, and the large and important herbarium of the Faculty of Pharmacy at Istanbul University (ISTE) – which she set up – includes a significant number of specimens she collected in Turkey during her wide-ranging travels. Her life's work, the herbarium contains 58,000 specimens, of which she personally collected 23,300.
4. Özhatay, Neriman (26 November 2016). "Professor Asuman Baytop (1920-2015)". İstanbul Üniversitesi Eczacılık Fakültesi Dergisi. 45 (1): 1–6. ISSN 0367-7524. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
5. International Plant Names Index.  A. Baytop.