Frederica D. Detmers

Frederica "Freda" Detmers (January 16, 1867 – September 5, 1934) was an American botanist.

Life and education Detmers was born in Dixon, Lee County, Illinois, on January 16, 1867, to Henry Detmers and Heimke. Her father was the founder of the Ohio State University Veterinary College. She studied at the University, graduating in 1887 with a B.S. She returned to graduate with an M.S. in 1891.

She suffered from a head injury after a fall in the mountains collecting plants in 1930.

She committed suicide on September 5, 1934, in Los Angeles by consuming poison. In 1914, she became assistant professor. In 1918, she rejoined the experiment station as assistant botanist, moving on to taxonomist and systematist.

Her research focused on plant pathology problems and weed naturalization and control.

She was a charter member of the Ohio Academy of Science, where in 1918, she served as vice president.

Detmers moved to Los Angeles in 1927, becoming a curator of the University of Southern California herbarium.

Partial bibliography Detmers, Frederica. An Ecological Study of Buckeye Lake. Columbus, Ohio: 1912.