Olive Mary Hilliard
Olive Mary Hilliard Burtt | |
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| Born | Olive Mary Hillary 4 July 1925 |
| Died | 30 November 2022 (aged 97) |
| Alma mater | University of Natal |
| Occupation | Botanist |
| Spouse | B. L. Burtt |
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| Institutions | Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh |
| Thesis | "A taxonomic revision of Streptocarpus subgenus Streptocarpus in Natal." (1965) |
Olive Mary Hilliard (née Hillary, 4 July 1925 – 30 November 2022) was a South African botanist and taxonomist. Hilliard authored 372 land plant species names, the fifth-highest number of such names authored by any female scientist.[1]
Hilliard was born in
Compositae and Scrophulariaceae
.
In 1964 she formed a professional and personal collaboration with
Brian Laurence Burtt (1913-2008) who played a large part in the revitalising of a moribund Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Their collaboration resulted in numerous papers and three books, Streptocarpus: an African Plant Study (1971), The Botany of the Southern Natal Drakensberg (1987), and Dierama: The Hairbells of Africa (1991).[3][4]
Hilliard died on 30 November 2022, at the age of 97.[5][6][7][8]
Legacy
Hilliard collected specimens, mostly from the
Codd
, Schizoglossum hilliardiae Kupicha, Cymbopappus hilliardiae B.Nord., Agalmyla hilliardiae D.J.Middleton & S.M.Scott and Helichrysum hilliardiae Wild.
Works
- Hilliard, OM, BL Burtt 1971. Streptocarpus: an African Plant Study
- Hilliard, OM. 1983. Flora of Southern Africa Series. Ed. Balogh Scientific Books. 325 pp. ISBN 0-621-07943-X
- Hilliard, OM, BL Burtt 1985. A Revision of Geranium in Africa south of the Limpopo. (Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Vol. XLII no. 2)
- Hilliard, OM. 1987. The Botany of the Southern Natal Drakensberg (Annals of Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens) Ed. National Botanic Gardens. 253 pp. ISBN 0-620-10625-5
- Hilliard, OM, BL Burtt 1991. Dierama: The Hairbells of Africa. Ed. Timber Press, Inc. 152 pp. ISBN 1-874802-01-7
- Hilliard, OM. 1995. The Manuleae: A Tribe of Scrophulariaceae. Ed. Edinburgh University Press. 600 pp. ISBN 0-7486-0489-8
- Hilliard, OM, LS Davis (illustrator). 1997. Trees & Shrubs of Natal (Ukhahlamba). Ed. Univ. of Kwazulu Natal Press; 2ª ed. 48 pp. ISBN 0-86980-882-6
- Hilliard, OM. 1997. Flowers of the Natal Drakensberg: The Lily, Iris And Orchid Family And Their Allies (Ukhahlamba S.) Ed. Univ. of Kwazulu Natal Press. 85 pp. ISBN 0-86980-702-1
References
- doi:10.12705/642.4.
- ISBN 9780869611296. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ "Botanical Electronic News - 396". www.ou.edu. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- ^ "B. L. Burtt: Plant taxonomist". The Independent. 13 June 2008. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- ^ "Hilliard, Olive Mary". Harvard University. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
- ^ "Olive Mary Hilliard". Bionomia. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
- ^ "Olive Hilliard obituary". The Guardian. 15 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
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- S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Hilliard.
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