Mireya Correa

Mireya Dorotea Correa Arroyo[1] (February 6, 1940 – November 22, 2022) was a Panamanian botanist and plant taxonomist known for her work with the flora of Panama.

[2] Correa graduated from the University of Panama with a degree in biology and chemistry in 1963.

She received a master's degree in botany from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina in 1967.

Her area of expertise was the systematic study of vascular plants with emphasis of the flora of Panama.

[2][3] She was the Director of the Herbarium at the University of Panama, a research and teaching facility of the Natural Science Faculty from the time of its founding in 1968.