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Overview Plant taxonomic expertise is an inventory of local and overseas taxonomists and other plant diversity experts with knowledge of southern African plants. The book contains the biographical, contact, expertise and interest information of more than 200 plant taxonomic experts, as well as a selected bibliography of publications. This inventory supports the recommendations of the DIVERSITAS/Systematics Agenda 2000 International Workshop, held at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, in September 1998, which recommends that “national action plans should include the development of a database of taxonomic expertise for all relevant taxa.” (American Museum of Natural History 1999). We started the project in November 1997 by sending a detailed questionnaire to approximately 100 plant experts. Since then, most of these questionnaires have been returned; we have also handed out additional questionnaires to people not reached by the initial mailing. We started computerising the information in November 1998, transferring the information supplied by respondents to a Microsoft® Access database. The database contains detailed information for 202 experts and covers 225 plant families and 1 300 genera. Originally, the inventory targeted only plant experts resident in southern Africa. Later, however, we decided to extend the inventory to include all taxonomists and other plant diversity experts who have published work on southern African plants. To make the inventory more inclusive, we added the names and specialities of the authors listed in List of taxonomic literature of southern African plants (Meyer, Mössmer & Smith 1997) to the database. To gather more comprehensive information for these entries, personalised questionnaires were sent out to the individuals concerned. The details of persons who responded to the questionnaire were updated in the database. The book contains only the details of those individuals who responded to our questionnaires; the database, however, contains the names of an additional 246 people that we were unable to contact (see Appendix). Publications lists submitted by the respondents were entered in a ProCite database, which was used to generate two bibliographies—listed by author and listed by taxon name. Sections The main directory of experts, combined with several detailed indices, makes it easy to find information from a number of different starting points. For example, you can look up the details of a specific person in the alphabetical main directory. Or, you can find out the names of everybody interested in a specific plant genus or plant family. You can also find information by research interest, such as “Ethnobotany”, or Introduction Introduction Introduction 2 6% 26% Age distribution 29% 24% 10% 20-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 71-80 81-90 Figure 1. The age distribution of the respondents. Most respondents are in the 41–50 year age group. Very few respondents were from the 20–30 year age group. This could indicate that these botanists did not consider themselves “experts” yet. There were no respondents from the 71–80 year age group. n = 197. Amateur Certificate Diploma Bachelor's Degree Honours Degree Masters Degree Doctorate 2.5% 0.5% 2% 5% Qualifications 10% 27% 0% 5% 53% Figure 2. Highest qualifications obtained by the respondents. The analysis indicates that the respondents are highly qualified: 94% have a university degree. Over half the respondents have a doctorate or equivalent degree. n = 198. University of Pretoria University of Cape Town University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg University of the Witwatersrand University of Stellenbosch University of Reading Universidade de Lisboa Rand Afrikaans University University of Zimbabwe University of the Orange Free State Major universities Rhodes University 8 6 6 6 5 4 4 11 14 21 Number of qualifications Figure 3. The eleven universities from which most respondents received their highest qualifications. Most of these universities (64%) are in South Africa, with the exception of the universities of Zimbabwe, Reading, and Lisbon. 27
South Africa United Kingdom Zimbabwe Portugal Germany Namibia USA Malawi Netherlands Sweden Other Figure 4. The countries of residence of the respondents. 22 different countries are represented. The majority of respondents (71%) are from the SABONET countries. Over half the respondents are from South Africa. n = 202. E-mail availability No e-mail 14% E-mail available 86% Figure 5. E-mail availability among the respondents. A surprising 86% of the respondents have access to e-mail facilities. n = 202. Botswana Southern Africa Mozambique Zimbabwe Namibia Malawi Zambia Flora zambesiaca area South Africa Africa Most popular areas Number of experts 32 31 28 28 27 26 25 23 Figure 6. The ten most popular geographical areas of interest to respondents. Anatomy Ethnobotany Ecology Conservation Biogeography Medicinal plants Palynology Pollination biology Phytogeography Succulents Weeds 3% 3% 3% 2% 2% 2% 2% Country of residence 9% 11% 9% Most popular research interests Number of experts SABONET 71% 10 9 9 9 Figure 7. The eleven most popular research interests of respondents. 11 11 12 Other 29% 15 16 52% 17 17 36 37 geographical region, for example, “Angola”. You can also look up experts by country, institution and herbarium acronym. (A list of acronyms follows the Introduction.) A selected bibliography of publications by the listed experts is included at the end of the book. Publications are arranged by author name, as well as by taxon name. Directory of plant taxonomic experts The directory is an alphabetical list of experts’ names and their fields of expertise. Each entry contains the person’s qualification details (degree, university, and year), herbarium name, address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address. The entry also includes information on the geographical area in which the person is interested and a list of research interests, as well as listing the major plant groups, families and genera in which the person has expertise. Figures 1–5 illustrate analyses of the age distribution, countries of residence, e-mail availability, qualifications and universities that awarded qualifications to the respondents. Index of experts listed by country This index lists expert names according to the country in which they reside. Index of experts listed by institution This index lists expert names according to the full name of the institution to which they are attached. Institutions are in turn listed alphabetically under country. Index of experts listed by acronym This index lists expert names under the herbarium acronym of the institution to which they belong. Acronyms are those accepted by Holmgren, Holmgren and Barnett (1990) and Smith and Willis (1999). (A list of acronyms follows the Introduction.) Geographical index This index can be used to find expertise that relates to a specific country or geographic region, for example, “Angola” or “Richtersveld”. This list is based on the geographic areas specified by respondents as areas in which they are interested, not the areas in which they live. Subregions are listed under countries, for example, “Kaokoveld” is listed in the index as “Namibia (Kaokoveld)”. Figure 6 shows the ten areas in which the most respondents indicated an interest. Research interest index This index can be used to find experts on specific subjects, for example, “Anatomy” or “Biotechnology”. Figure 7 illustrates the eleven most popular research interests. Taxonomic index This index groups experts’ names according to the genera and families in which they have expertise. The genera and families are listed together in alphabetical order. Introduction Introduction 3
Page 1 and 2: Plant Plant taxonomic taxonomic exp
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Page 9 and 10: Fabaceae Mesembryanthemaceae Asphod
Page 11 and 12: Herbarium Herbarium acronyms acrony
Page 13 and 14: PRU H.G.W.J. Schweickerdt Herbarium
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Page 19 and 20: Polygalaceae, Sapotaceae, Thymelaea
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Page 27 and 28: Gonçalves, A. Dr (Antonio) Licenti
Page 29 and 30: Fax: (27) 12 8043211 E-mail: ppjh@n
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Page 41 and 42: Expertise: Dicotyledons Families: A
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Norwegian Arboretum (BG) Berg, C.C.
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United Kingdom National Botanic Gar
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KMG Anderson, T.A. LISC Basto, M.F.
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SECTION SECTION 55 5 5 Geographical
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Flora of southern Africa area Arche
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Winter, P.J.D. Namibia (Sperrgebiet
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Southern Africa Archer, R.H. Baijna
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SECTION SECTION 66 6 6 Research Res
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Van Wyk, C.M. Breeding systems Stir
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Forestry Hawkins, J.A. Timberlake,
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Scott-Shaw, C.R. Smith, G.F. Van Ro
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SECTION SECTION 77 7 7 Taxonomic Ta
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Nordenstam, B. Adenocarpus Da Costa
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Amphibolia Hartmann, H.E.K. Amphidi
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Arachis Setshogo, M.P. Verdcourt, B
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Asterella Perold, S.M. Asthenatheru
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Bolusiella Linder, H.P. Bonamia Bre
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Calanthe Linder, H.P. Calendula Her
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Chascolytrum Cope, T.A. Fish, L. Re
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Van Wyk, A.E. Verhoeven, R.L. Commi
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CYATHEACEAE Burrows, J.E. Duarte, M
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Diastella Rourke, J.P. Dichanthium
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DRYOPTERIDACEAE Burrows, J.E. Roux,
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Trinder-Smith, T.H. Van Wijk, Y.E.
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Faucaria Groen, L.E. Van der Maesen
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Glottiphyllum Hartmann, H.E.K. Glum
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Herschelianthe Linder, H.P. Hertia
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Hypodiscus Van Greuning, J.V. Hypoe
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Khadia Burgoyne, P.M. Chesselet, P.
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Lepidostephium Herman, P.P.J. Lepto
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Lunularia Perold, S.M. LUNULARIACEA
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Merremia Welman, W.G. Merxmuellera
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Moringa Verdcourt, B. MORINGACEAE B
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Oligomeris Leistner, O.A. Oligophyt
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Oxycaryum Lye, K.A. Oxygonum Germis
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Pentaschistis Cope, T.A. Ellis, R.P
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Plicosepalus Mujaju, C. Pluchea Her
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PORTULACACEAE Diniz, M.A. Hartmann,
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Pyrostria Bridson, D.M. Quaqua Bruy
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Riocreuxia Cole, D.T. Rivea Welman,
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Schlotheimia Van Rooy, J. Schmidtia
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Spiloxene Snijman, D. Sporobolus Co
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Tacazzea Venter, H.J.T. Verhoeven,
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Trachycalymma Nicholas, A. Trachypo
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URTICACEAE Immelman, K.L. Utricular
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Xerophyta Burrows, J.E. Xeroplana R
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SECTION SECTION 88 8 8 Publications
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SMITH, G.F., HOBSON, S.R., MEYER, N
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ORSTOM Noumea, Documents Scientifiq
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Beyers, J.B.P. BEYERS, J.B.P. & VAN
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DREYER, L.L., LEISTNER, O.A., BURGO
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COOK, C.D.K. & URMI-KÖNIG, K. 1984
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DUNCAN, G.D. 1988. Lachenalia arbut
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ELLIS, R.P. 1990. Tannin-like subst
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GERMISHUIZEN, G. & SCOTT, M. 1994.
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GLEN, H.F. 1998. FSA contributions
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inclinata and M. brevistyla (Iridac
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GONÇALVES, A.E. & TORRE, A.R. 1979
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Cephalophyllum (Mesembryanthemaceae
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HILLIARD, O.M. 1991. New names in T
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Kativu, S. KATIVU, S. & MITHEN, R.
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LEISTNER, O.A. et al. 1980. Fennel-
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LINDER, H.P. 1981. Taxonomic studie
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KLAK, C. & LINDER, H.P. 1996. Aspho
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tracheid bar in Erythrina lysistemo
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CANNON, J.F.M. & MARTINS, E.S. 1981
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Oliver, E.G.H. GRIFFITHS, M. & OLIV
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POTGIETER, M.J. & WESSELS, D.C.J. 1
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ROURKE, J.P. 1977. A revision of Xe
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SCHRIRE, B.D. 1997. In N.J. Turland
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VAN WYK, B.-E. & SMITH, G.F. 1996.
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SPIES, J.J., SPIES, S.K., VAN WYK,
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STIRTON, C.H. 1981. Natural hybridi
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Trinder-Smith, T.H. TRINDER-SMITH,
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Jaarsveld, T.H. Arnold, F.E. Steffe
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establishment and early growth. Sou
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HOLZAPFEL, C.W., VAN WYK, B.-E., DE
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RETIEF, E. & VENTER, H.J.T. 1983. R
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VERDCOURT, B. 1978. Oliniaceae. Flo
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VICTOR, J.E. & VAN WYK, A.E. 1998.
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VORSTER, P.J. 1985. Typification of
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Wieringa, J.J. BRUNEAU, A., BRETELE
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