| Name | Ashton, Ruth Elizabeth |
| Date of birth | 1896 |
| Remarks | [author note: Herbarium and types unknown] |
| ASA Botanist ID | 132850 botanist |
| GUID | http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/de2b90f4-576f-4b95-b927-9fdb5d05b027 |
| Variant name | Nelson, R. E. (Mrs. Aven Nelson) |
| Variant name | Ruth Elizabeth (later Mrs. Aven Nelson) Ashton |
| Author name | Ashton |
| B & P Author Abbrev. | Ashton |
| Standard/Label Name | R. E. Ashton |
| Full Name | Ashton, Ruth Elizabeth |
| Geography Author | United States of America |
| Specialty Author | Spermatophytes |
| Citation as Author | Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
| Citation as Author | TL2, Suppl. 1 |
| Citation as Collector | Index Herbariorum - Collectors A-D |
| Member of teams/groups | |
| Collector Teams: | M. Hopkins, A. Nelson & R. E. Ashton |