Velva E. Rudd

Velva E. Rudd
Born1910
DiedDecember 9, 1999
California
Alma materNorth Dakota Agricultural College, George Washington University
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsNational Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution and California State University, Northridge
Thesis The American Species of Aeschynomene  (1953)

Velva Elaine Rudd (1910 – December 9, 1999) was an American botanist, specializing in tropical legumes. She worked as a curator at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History and also conducted research at the herbarium at California State University, Northridge.