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'''Lady Joan Margaret Legge''' (1885–1939) was a botanist from [[England]] who died on 4 July 1939 while collecting samples at [[Valley of flowers]], India. | '''Lady Joan Margaret Legge''' (1885–1939) was a botanist from [[England]] who died on 4 July 1939 while collecting samples at [[Valley of flowers]], India. | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Joan Margaret Legge was born on 21 February 1885, to [[William Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth]] and [[ | Joan Margaret Legge was born on 21 February 1885, to [[William Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth]] and [[William Legge, 6th Earl of Dartmouth#Family|Lady Mary Coke]].<ref name=peerage>{{cite web|title=Lady Joan Margaret Legge|url=http://thepeerage.com/p7391.htm|publisher=thepeerage.com|accessdate=7 June 2013}}</ref><ref name=portrait>{{cite web|last=National Portrait Gallery|title=Group in fancy dress for the Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre Ball|url=http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw225752/Group-in-fancy-dress-for-the-Shakespeare-Memorial-National-Theatre-Ball?LinkID=mp135420&role=sit&rNo=0#sitter|publisher=npg.org.uk|accessdate=7 June 2013}}</ref> She held the office of [[Justice of the peace#United Kingdom|Justice of Peace]] for [[Staffordshire]].<ref name=peerage/> | ||
==Death== | ==Death== | ||
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==Commemoration== | ==Commemoration== | ||
A new species of ''[[Impatiens]]'', found near the Valley of Flowers, was named as a tribute to Joan Margaret Legge in 2010. It is called ''[[Impatiens leggei]]''. <ref name=leggebalsam>{{cite web|title=Mary Legge's Balsam|url=http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Mary%20Legge's%20Balsam.html|publisher=Flowers of India|accessdate=10 July 2017}}</ref><ref name=taiwania>{{cite web|last=D.K. Singh|first=P.K. Pusalkar|title=Three New Species of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) from Western Himalaya, India|url=http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/taiwania/pdf/tai.2010.55.13.pdf|publisher=Taiwania, 55(1): 13-23, 2010}}</ref> | A new species of ''[[Impatiens]]'', found near the Valley of Flowers, was named as a tribute to Joan Margaret Legge in 2010. It is called ''[[Impatiens leggei]]''.<ref name=leggebalsam>{{cite web|title=Mary Legge's Balsam|url=http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Mary%20Legge's%20Balsam.html|publisher=Flowers of India|accessdate=10 July 2017}}</ref><ref name=taiwania>{{cite web|last=D.K. Singh|first=P.K. Pusalkar|title=Three New Species of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) from Western Himalaya, India|url=http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/taiwania/pdf/tai.2010.55.13.pdf|publisher=Taiwania, 55(1): 13-23, 2010}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||