Christo Albertyn Smith
Christo Albertyn Smith (born April 26, 1898 in Boksburg , Transvaal , † November 23, 1956 in Canberra , Australia ), also called in some publications under the acronym CA Smith , was a South African botanist and journalist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " CASm. ".
Life
Smith's parents Pieter Adrian Smith and Deborah Katrina Albertyn were both teachers in Boksburg. After studying at Stellenbosch University , Smith obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in 1920 . From 1921 to 1924 he was a biology teacher at various schools in the Cape Province . In 1925 he became a member of the Department of Botany at the National Herbarium in Pretoria . Between 1928 and 1931 he was the liaison officer for botanical questions at the Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew) . He then turned to botanical journalism and worked for a few years as an agricultural editor for the Natal Witness newspaper in Pietermaritzburg . In 1946 he began working as an employee of the Information Office of the Union Government (Department of State Information). In early 1954 he was sent to Canberra as a press attaché.
Smith was involved in the initial descriptions and revisions of over 150 plant taxa from the families Crassulaceae, Leguminosae, Chenopodiaceae, Vitaceae, Asteraceae, Celastraceae, Scrophulariaceae, Brassicaceae, Hyacinthaceae, Oleaceae, Geraniaceae, Poaceae, Portulaceae and Rutaceae. His collection of 4,600 specimen copies is in the National Herbarium in Pretoria and in the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew (London).
His lifelong record of the common names of plants, dating back to his early studies at the Cape , led to the posthumous publication of his work Common names of South African plants by Edwin Percy Phillips and Estelle van Hoepen in 1966 .
Dedication names
According to Smith, the species is Malephora smithii from the family of aizoaceae named.
literature
- HF Glen & G. Germishuizen: Botanical Exploration of Southern Africa , 2nd edition, Strelitza No. 26, 2010, p. 395 ( online version )
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Christo Albertyn Smith at the IPNI
Individual evidence
- ^ Doreen Court: Succulent Flora of Southern Africa , Struik Publishers (Pty) Ltd; 3rd edition, 2010, ISBN 978-17-7007-587-0 , p. 65
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Smith, Christo Albertyn |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Smith, CA |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 26, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boksburg , Transvaal , South Africa |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 23, 1956 |
| Place of death | Canberra , Australia |