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Billie Lee Turner

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Billie Lee Turner

Years: 1925–2020 | Role: Scientist | County: Travis

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Billie Lee Turner, a botany professor and director of the herbarium at the University of Texas at Austin, studied plant systematics, named over 1400 plant species and varieties during his career, wrote more than 700 scentific publications and published the books The Legumes of Texas (1959) and The Comps of Mexico (1996-2017).

Location Notes

Perhaps a good place for a marker would be the Billie L. Turner Plant Resources Center, in the University of Texas Tower; University of Texas at Austin; Main Building, Room 127; 110 Inner Campus Drive; Austin, Texas 78712