Wessel Marais ( Eng. Wessel Marais [1] , 1929 - 2013 ) - South African and British [1] botanist .
| Wessel Marais | |
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| English Wessel marais | |
| Date of Birth | 1929 |
| Place of Birth | Cape Province , South Africa |
| Date of death | 2013 (84 years) |
| A country |  South Africa  Great Britain |
| Scientific field | botany |
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The author of the names of a number of botanical taxa . In the botanical ( binary ) nomenclature, these names are complemented by the abbreviation " Marais " . A list of such taxa on the IPNI website Personal page on IPNI website |
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Biography
Wessel Marais was born in the Cape Province in 1929 .
Marais began his career at the National Herbarium in 1952 , after receiving a master's degree in botany from Pretoria University .
He spent extensive botanical expeditions, collecting plants from 1952 to 1976 in Turkey , in Botswana , Lesotho , Namibia , in the Republic of South Africa .
From 1953 to 1955, Marais was director of the Albany Museum Herbarium de Grahamstown . In 1957, he left the country to be a liaison officer for the Royal Q. Botanical Gardens until 1965 .
Scientific Activities
Wessel Marais specializes in seed plants [1] .
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Literature
- Brummitt, RK; CE Powell. 1992 Authors of Plant Names . Real Jardín Botánico de Kew. ISBN 1-84246-085-4 .