Pauline Lesley Perry Explained

Pauline Lesley Perry
Birth Date:13 August 1927
Birth Place:London
Nationality:British
Fields:Botany
Workplaces:Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
Education:Wye College, University of London
Author Abbrev Bot:P.L.Perry

Pauline Lesley Perry (born 13 August 1927, London) is a South African botanist, horticulturalist and plant collector.[1]

Early life and education

Pauline Lesley Perry studied at Wye College, University of London in 1946–1949, graduating Bachelor of Sciences, and then taught biology in the United Kingdom before coming to South Africa in 1972.[2]

Career

From 1976 Perry worked with the National Botanic Gardens of South Africa, stationed at the Karoo Botanic Granden, Worcester, specializing in geophytes from the winter rainfall region of the Cape, especially Namaqualand. She and Dierdre Anne Snijman made many field trips in this region.[3] In 1984, Perry started collecting plants, especially spermatophytes.[4] She published 85 names of plants.[5]

Pauline Lesley Perry retired in 1989. After retirement, she continued publishing scientific articles and books, such as A vegetation survey of the Karoo National Botanic Garden Reserve, Worcester (1990),[6] Growing Geophytes at the Karoo Gardens (1991),[7]   A revision of the genus Eriospermum (Eriospermaceae) (1994),[8] and Bulbinella in South Africa (1999) based on the part of a M.Sc. thesis submitted to the Botany Department of the University of Cape Town.

Generic plants’ name perryae honors Perry.

Works

Eponyms

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Plant Names P-Z. 2021-04-04. www.calflora.net.
  2. Book: Glen. H.F.. Botanical Exploration of Southern Africa : :An illustrated history of early botanical literature on the Cape Flora, Biographical accounts of the leading plant collectors and their activities in southern Africa form the days of the East India Company until the modern times.. Glen. H. F.. 2010. SANBI. 978-1-919976-54-9. 2nd.. 26. Pretoria. 348.
  3. Web site: 2007-02-07. DIERDRE ANNE SNIJMAN: 1997 Herbert medalist. live. 2021-04-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20070207110054/http://bulbsociety.org/ABOUT_IBS/Awards/HERBERT_MEDAL/Snijman/Snijmanbio.html. 2007-02-07.
  4. Web site: Perry, Pauline Lesley (1927-) on JSTOR. 2021-04-04. plants.jstor.org.
  5. Web site: Perry, Pauline Lesley International Plant Names Index. 2021-04-04. www.ipni.org.
  6. Smitheman. Jennifer. Perry. Pauline. 2016. A vegetation survey of the Karoo National Botanic Garden Reserve, Worcester. South African Journal of Botany. 56. 5.
  7. Perry P.. 1991-06-01. Growing Geophytes at the Karoo Gardens. 10520/AJA00423203_1913. Veld & Flora. 77. 2. 48–50.
  8. Book: Perry. Pauline L. A revision of the genus Eriospermum (Eriospermaceae). Hall. A. V. 1994. Bolus Herbarium, University of Cape Town. Cape Town, South Africa. English. 741872558.
  9. Snijman. Deirdré. Perry. Pauline. December 1987. A floristic analysis of the Nieuwoudtville Wild Flower Reserve north-western Cape. South African Journal of Botany. en. 53. 6. 445–454. 10.1016/S0254-6299(16)31378-3. free.
  10. Smitheman. Jennifer. Perry. Pauline. 1990-10-01. A vegetation survey of the Karoo National Botanic Garden Reserve, Worcester. South African Journal of Botany. en. 56. 5. 525–541. 10.1016/S0254-6299(16)31019-5. 0254-6299. free.
  11. Perry. Pauline. December 1990. Bulbinella - a Neglected Garden Plant?. Veld & Flora.
  12. Book: Perry, Pauline L.. Bulbinella in South Africa. 1999. National Botanical Institute. 1-919795-46-4. Pretoria. 43833468.

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