Botanical Exploration Southern AfricaThis text gives biographical accounts of the leading plant collectors and their activities in Southern Africa from the days of the East India Company until modern times. |
Contents
VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY | 1 |
EARLY BOTANICAL COLLECTIONS AND ILLUSTRATIONS | 9 |
SETTLEMENT AT THE CAPE 23 | 23 |
Paul Hermann 26 Willem ten Rhyne 27 Advances in Plant Classification 30 | 30 |
THE TULBAGH PERIOD 55 | 55 |
LITERATURE REFERRED TO IN PART I 72 | 72 |
APPENDIX 388 | 388 |
MAP 394 | 394 |
Common terms and phrases
Aloe Amsterdam appointed April Assistant B.Sc Bolus Botanic Garden Botanical Research Institute botanist Bothalia bulbs Cape plants Cape Province Cape Town Capt collected collector College Comm Curator D.Sc Dept Desmond Dictionary Drège DSAB Durban East eastern Cape Ecklon England expedition farm Flora Capensis flowers genus Germany Graaff-Reinet graduating B.Sc Grahamstown Harry Bolus Herb herbaria Herbarium Holland illustrations Johannes Johannesburg journey July June King William's Town later Lecturer Leiden Lesotho Linnaeus London M.Sc MacOwan mainly March Mtns Museum Namaqualand names natural history naturalist née orig paintings Pietermaritzburg plantarum Port Elizabeth Pretoria Pretoria Univ Professor of Botany published retirement returned Rhodesia S.Afr S.W. Africa sent Sept SESA Sloane South Africa Southern Africa species Specimens in BM spent stationed Stel Stellenbosch succulent Swellendam taxonomy Tölken Transvaal travelled Tulbagh Uitenhage visited William Windhoek Witwatersrand Zeyher