Inez Clare Verdoorn

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Inez Clare Verdoorn (born June 15, 1896 in Pretoria ( Transvaal ), † April 2, 1989 in Pretoria (Transvaal)) was an internationally known South African botanist . Your official botanical author abbreviation is " I.Verd. ".

Verdoorn dealt with the systematics , morphology and biogeography of plants with a focus on seed plants (Spermatophytina) and thick-leaf plants (Crassulaceae).

Live and act

Inez Clare Verdoorn was born on June 15, 1896 in Pretoria, today's capital of South Africa. From 1916 she was at the Loreto Convent School, a private high school in Pretoria. After a few positions in the public service, in 1919 became an assistant in the herbarium of the South African "Division of Botany and Plant Pathology". Between 1925 and 1927 she worked as a liaison officer in Kew at the Institute Royal Botanic Gardens . Upon her return, she became head of the herbarium in South Africa. After her retirement in 1951, she worked intensively on further research. She published more than 200 publications and described numerous plants. She died in Pretoria on April 2, 1989. Significant parts of her estate with around 4,000 plants have been transferred to appropriate collections and herbaria.

Honors

Tulbaghia verdoorniae was named after Inez Verdoorn.

In recognition of their work, the following were awarded (selection):

  • 1952 Senior Capt. Scott Medal from the SA Biological Society
  • 1957 President of the SA Biological Society
  • 1964 President of Section B of the SA Association for the Advancement of Science
  • 1967 honorary doctorate Ph.D. from the University of Natal

The following plants were named after Verdoorn:

Fonts (selection)

  • Eetbare Veldvrugte Van Transvaal , Staatsdrukker, Pretoria, 1939.
  • The oleaceae of Southern Africa , Staatsdrukker, Pretoria, 1955.
  • Encephalartos Manikensis and Its Near Allies , Government Herbarium, 1968.

literature

  • G. Germishuizen, GF Glen: Botanical explorations of southern Africa, issue 2, National Biodiversity Institute SANBI, Pretoria, 2010.
  • Mary Gunn, LEW Codd: Botanical Exploration of Southern Africa , Balkema, Cape Town, 1981 ISBN 978-0-86961-129-6 .
  • Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa vol. 9 (NASOU 1973), ISBN 0-625-00325-X .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Mary Gunn, LEW Codd: Botanical Exploration of Southern Africa page 361. ( partial preview online )
  2. ↑ a b Germishuizen, Glen: Botanical explorations of southern Africa , page 441. ( full text online )
personal data
SURNAME Verdoorn, Inez Clare
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African botanist
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Pretoria
DATE OF DEATH April 2, 1989
Place of death Pretoria