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Isabella Aiona Abbott (20 Iune 1919 – 28 ʻOkakopa 2010) he kānaka maoli Hawaiʻi a he mea ʻepekema i kaulana no kāna hana noiʻi i nā limu. ʻO ia ka wahine mua i loaʻa ka Ph.D. ma ka Biology mai ke Kulanui o California, Berkeley, a ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo "ka First Lady o ka Limu" no kāna hana nui ma ka noiʻi ʻana i nā limu.

Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Isabella Kauakea Yau Yung Aiona ma ka lā 20 Iune 1919 ma Hāna, Maui. He kānaka maoli kona makuahine, ʻo Annie Kaʻaikaula, a he Pākē kona makuakāne, ʻo Chan Yee Aiona. Ua aʻo ʻia ʻo ia e kona makuahine i ka ʻike Hawaiʻi no nā limu, a ua hoʻomaka kona makemake nui i ka limu mai kona wā kamaliʻi.

Ka Hoʻonaʻauao

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Ua hele ʻo Abbott i ke Kula ʻo Kamehameha a ua puka kūlana kiʻekiʻe mai laila i ka makahiki 1937. Ua loaʻa iā ia kona kēkelē laepua mai ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa i ka makahiki 1941, a ua hoʻomau ʻo ia i kāna haʻawina ma ke Kulanui o Michigan a me ke Kulanui o California, Berkeley. I ka makahiki 1950, ua lilo ʻo ia i ka wahine mua i loaʻa ka Ph.D. ma ka Biology mai Berkeley.

Ke Ola ʻOihana

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Ua hoʻomaka kāna ʻoihana aʻo ma ke Kulanui o Stanford ma ka makahiki 1960. Ma laila, ua lilo ʻo ia i ka wahine mua e lilo i polopeka ma ka māhele Biology. I loko o kona mau makahiki ma Stanford, ua kākau ʻo ia i kāna puke kaulana loa, Marine Algae of California, me George J. Hollenberg (1976), ka puke i lilo i kumu alakaʻi no nā hanauna o nā mea noiʻi limu.

Ma hope o kona hoʻi ʻana i Hawaiʻi i ka makahiki 1984, ua lilo ʻo ia i Polopeka Wilder ma ka Botany ma ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa. Ma kēia kūlana, ua hui pū ʻo ia i ka ʻike kuʻuna Hawaiʻi me ka ʻepekema hou, e aʻo ana i nā haumāna i ke koʻikoʻi o ka limu i ka moʻomeheu Hawaiʻi a me kona waiwai ʻepekema.

Nā Puke Koʻikoʻi

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  • Marine Algae of California (1976)
  • Limu: An Ethnobotanical Study of Some Hawaiian Seaweeds (1984)
  • La'au Hawai'i: Traditional Hawaiian Uses of Plants (1992)
  • A California Species List of Marine Algae (1972)
  • Marine Red Algae of the Hawaiian Islands (1988)
  • Pacific Seaweeds: A Guide to Common Seaweeds of the West Coast (1987)

Nā Limu i ʻIke ʻIa

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Ua ʻike ʻo Abbott i nā limu hou he nui, me kēia mau mea:

  • Gracilaria abbottiana
  • Vanvoorstia abbottiae
  • Callophyllis abbottiana
  • Gibsmithia hawaiiensis
  • Dudresnaya hawaiiensis

Ma waho o ka ʻike ʻana i nā limu hou, ua hoʻomaopopo ʻo ia i ka waiwai o ka limu ma ka moʻomeheu Hawaiʻi. Ua noiʻi ʻo ia i nā ʻano hoʻohana kuʻuna o ka limu ma ke ʻano he meaʻai a me ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Ua hōʻike pū ʻo ia i ke koʻikoʻi o ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻike kuʻuna Hawaiʻi no ka limu a me ka pilina o ia ʻike i ka ʻepekema hou.

Ka Hana Noiʻi

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Ua kālele kāna hana noiʻi i:

  • Ka taxonomy o nā limu o ka Moana Pākīpika
  • Ka ethnobotany o nā limu Hawaiʻi
  • Nā pilina ma waena o nā ʻano limu like ʻole
  • Ka hoʻohana ʻia ʻana o ka limu ma ka moʻomeheu Hawaiʻi
  • Ka mālama ʻana i nā limu o Hawaiʻi

Nā Hanana Koʻikoʻi

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  • Ka wahine mua i loaʻa ka Ph.D. ma ka Biology mai UC Berkeley
  • Ka polopeka mua o ka moʻomeheu Hawaiʻi ma ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi
  • Ua ʻike ʻo ia ma kahi o 200 mau ʻano limu hou
  • Ua kapa ʻia kekahi limu mamao i kona inoa: Abbottella

Nā Hoʻohanohano

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  • Gilbert Morgan Smith Medal (1997)
  • Ka lālā o ka National Academy of Sciences
  • Lifetime Achievement Award mai ka Hawaiian Botanical Society

Ua hala ʻo Isabella Abbott ma ka lā 28 ʻOkakopa 2010 ma Honolulu, Hawaiʻi.

Nā Kūmole

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