Gwendoline Joyce Lewis

Gwendoline Joyce Lewis (1909–1967) was a South African botanist.

Life

She graduated from the University of Cape Town, with a PhD.[1] She was active in the description and classification of species of the family of the Iridaceae. She was botanist at the Bolus Herbarium of the University of Cape Town. She died in Cape Town on 11 April 1967.[2]

Works

The standard author abbreviation G.J.Lewis is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[3]

Books

  • Gwendoline J. Lewis, to. Obermeyer. 1972. Gladiolus: To Revision of the South African Species. Ed. C. Of the Cape: Purnell. 316 pp. colour illustrations by Gwendoline Joyce Lewis.
  • Gwendoline J. Lewis. 1954. Some Aspects of the Morphology, Phylogeny and Taxonomy of the South African Iridaceae. Volume 40, Splits 2 of Annals. Edition reimpresa of Ann. of the South African Museum, 99 pp.

References

  1. ↑ "Lewis, Gwendoline Joyce (1909–1967) on JSTOR". doi:10.5555/al.ap.person.bm000004979.
  2. ↑ The Journal of the Botanical Society of South Africa. Botanical Society of South Africa. 1 January 1968.
  3. ↑ IPNI.  G.J.Lewis.

Sources

  • Brummitt, RK; CE Powell. 1992. Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-085-4
  • The Journal of South African Botany: Supplementary volume. Trustees of the National Botanic Gardens of South Africa. 1 January 1972.
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