Joan W. Nowicke

Joan W. Nowicke
Born1938 
OccupationBotanist, photographer, palynologist, botanical collector 
Employer

Joan W. Nowicke (born 1938) is an American botanist[1] from St. Louis, Missouri. She worked 27 years for the Smithsonian Institution, between 1972 and 1999, in the Department of Botany, from the National Museum of Natural History. Nowicke is a global reference as a palynologist, mainly due to her specialization in pollen morphology and its relationship with systematics, in addition to her extensive work in the area of Caryophyllales palynotaxonomy.[2][3] She co-authored a 1984 paper entitled, "Yellow rain - a palynological analysis".[4] At the time, yellow rain was thought to be a form of toxin warfare by the Soviet Union.[5] Her paper stated that the yellow rain of South-East Asia contained a large amount of pollen leading her to gain international recognition.[4][6]

In 1989, botanists J.Martínez & J.A.McDonald published Nowickea, a genus of flowering plants from Mexico, belonging to the family Phytolaccaceae and named in her honour.[7]

The standard author abbreviation Nowicke is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[8]

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References

  1. ^ "Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food". Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
  2. ^ "Palynologist Joan W. Nowicke Retires". The Plant Press. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
  3. ^ "Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Joan W. Nowicke". Smithsonian Institution Archives. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Nowicke, Joan W.; Meselson, Matthew (May 1984). "Yellow rain — a palynological analysis". Nature. 309 (5965): 205–206. doi:10.1038/309205a0. ISSN 1476-4687.
  5. ^ "Bee Waste Is Suspected As 'Yellow Rain' Source". June 1, 1983. Archived from the original on October 23, 2025. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
  6. ^ "Women of the US National Herbarium | Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History". naturalhistory.si.edu. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
  7. ^ "Nowickea J.Martínez & J.A.McDonald | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  8. ^ International Plant Names Index. Nowicke.

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