Charlotte Cortland Ellis(27 June 1874 – 17 March 1956) was an American botanist who discovered and collected the Holotype specimen of Astragalus praelongus var. ellisiae. This plant was subsequently named in her honour.1
Eugene Jercinovic (February 21, 2008). "Charlotte Ellis of the Sandia Mountains". The New Mexico Bontanist, avaliable at http://aces.nmsu.edu/academics/rangescienceherbarium/documents/42pdf.pdf (accessed 19 November 2014)