Harriet Margaret Louise Bolus ( born Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus , at birth - Kensit; 1877 - 1970 ) - South African scientist- botanist , Harry Bolus's daughter-in-law.
| Louise bolus | |
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| English Louisa bolus | |
| Birth name | |
| Date of Birth | July 31, 1877 |
| Place of Birth | Burgersdorp , now - Eastern Cape |
| Date of death | April 5, 1970 (92 years) |
| Place of death | Cape Town |
| A country | British Empire, Union of South Africa, South Africa |
| Scientific field | botany |
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| Alma mater | |
| Awards and prizes | [d] ( 1936 ) [d] [d] |
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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 " L.Bolus " . A list of such taxa on the IPNI website Personal page on IPNI website The abbreviation " Kensit " is also used. |
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Biography
Louise Kensit was born on July 31, 1877 in the city of Burgersdorp in South Africa. From 1891 to 1899 she attended college in Port Elizabeth . In 1902, she received a Bachelor of Arts in Literature from the South African College in Cape Town . After the death of the botanist Harry Bolus in 1911, Louise became the curator of the herbarium at Cape Town University. In 1912 she married the youngest son of Harry Bolus, Frank. In 1920, Louise Bolus was elected a member of the South African Royal Society. In 1955, Bolus retired.
For a long time Louise Bolus studied the flora of South Africa, specialized in orchid , heather , iris and aise plants. Several times she traveled to study the herbariums of Europe - in London , Uppsalu , Vienna .
Harriet Margaret Louise Bolus passed away on April 5, 1970 in Cape Town.
The main herbarium, collected by Louise Bolus, is kept in the Botanical Department of the University of Cape Town (BOL).
Some scientific papers
- Bolus, HML (1919). Elementary lessons in systematic botany . 96 p.
- Bolus, HML (1928). Notes on Mesembryanthemum and allied genera . 156 p.
Births named after L. Bolus
- Bolusanthemum Schwantes , 1928 [ syn. Bijlia NEBr. , 1928 ]
Notes
- ↑ Stafleou F.A. , Cowan R.S. Taxonomic literature Vol 1. AG - Utrecht : Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema , 1976. - Vol. 1. - ( Taxonomic literature: commentaries and types ) - ISBN 90-313-0225-2
Literature
- Stafleu FA , Mennega EA Taxonomic Literature : [ eng ] . - Ed. 2. - Königstein, 1993. - Suppl. II: Be — Bo. - P. 299-300. - 464 p. - ISBN 3-87429-360-2 . - DOI : 10.5962 / bhl.title.48631 .
- M. Gunn, LEW Codd. There is a clear case of reference to this field. CRC Press, 1981. ISBN 978-0-86961-129-6