Bernard de Winter
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Bernard de Winter | |
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| Born | 31 July 1924 |
| Died | 8 May 2017 (aged 92) Pretoria University |
| Spouse | Mayda Doris de Winter |
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| Fields | Botany |
Bernard de Winter (31 July 1924 - 8 May 2017 Pretoria) was a South African botanist who from 1973 was Director of the Botanical Research Institute, which later became the National Botanical Institute[1] and then the South African National Biodiversity Institute.
He attended
He is commemorated in Kirkia dewinteri, Aloe dewinteri, Silene dewinteri and other taxa. The Pedaliaceae genus of Dewinteria is named after him,[2] with the single curious species D. petrophila from the Kaokoveld in Namibia.
His collection of some 9 500 specimens is housed in Pretoria with duplicates in several herbaria including
Bernard de Winter together with his wife Mayda, and botanist D. J. B. Killick, were responsible for the publishing of "Sixty-six Transvaal Trees" in 1966[3] on the occasion of South Africa's Republic Festival.
References
- ^ "Pretoria National Botanical Garden". Gauteng Tourism Authority. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ De Winter, B.; De Winter, M.; Killick, D.J.B. (1966). Sixty-six Transvaal Trees. National tree list for South Africa. Botanical Research Inst. with the Department of Forestry.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. De Winter.
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