Gert Cornelius Nel
Gert Cornelius Nel (born April 6, 1885 in Greytown , Natal , † February 16, 1950 in Stellenbosch ) was a South African botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Nel ".
Live and act
Gert Cornelius Nel defended his dissertation on February 11, 1914 in Berlin under Adolf Engler and Gottlieb Haberlandt . With special consideration of the African plant species, he dealt with the plant families of the Amaryllis family and Hypoxidaceae . He provided numerous first descriptions of species from the genera Forbesia , Janthe , Hypoxis and Rhodohypoxis .
From 1921 to 1950 he was professor of botany at the University of Stellenbosch . Adolar Gottlieb Julius Herre (1895–1979), curator of the university, aroused his interest in succulent plants.
In 1946, Nel published the first book on the plant genus Lithops .
Honor taxon
Gustav Schwantes named in his honor the genre Nelia from the plant family of aizoaceae (Aizoaceae).
Numerous succulent plant species are also named after him, including:
- Braunsia nelii
- Conophytum nelianum
- Euphorbia nelii
- Gasteria neliana
- Gibbaeum nelii
- Glottiphyllum nelii
- Hereroa nelii
- Herrea nelii
- Stapelia neliana
Works
- Studies of the Amaryllidaceae-Hypoxideae, with particular reference to the African species . In: Botanical yearbooks for systematics, plant history and plant geography . Leipzig, 1914
- Junior Sertifikaat biologie , Cape Town, 1938 - with CS Grobbelaar
- Senior Sertifikaat biologie , Cape Town, 1938 - with CS Grobbelaar
- Genera et species fungorum ex herb. PA van der Byl, Stellenbosch . Cape Town, 1941
- Species novae vel minus cognitiae: Lithops et Caralluma . Cape Town, 1943
- Lithops . 1946
- The Gibbaeum Handbook . 1953 - Edited by Jordaan and Shurley
literature
- WJ de Kock, DW Krüger, CJ Beyers (Editor): Dictionary of South African Biography . Pretoria, 1968-1987. - Volume IV
swell
- Gordon Douglas Rowley : A History of Succulent Plants . Strawberry Press, Mill Valley CA 1997, ISBN 0-912647-16-0 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nelia Schwantes gen. Nov. In: Möllers Deutsche Gärtner-Zeitung . 43rd volume, p. 92, 1928
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Gert Cornelius Nel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Author entry and list of the plant names described for Gert Cornelius Nel at the IPNI
- Scan of the work Lithops
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Nel, Gert Cornelius |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African botanist |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1885 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Greytown , Natal |
DATE OF DEATH | February 16, 1950 |
Place of death | Stellenbosch |