Mayda Doris Henderson
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Mayda Doris de Winter[1] | |
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| Born | Mayda Doris Henderson 3 February 1928[1] |
| Died | 3 September 2015 (aged 87) |
| Education | Rhodes University[2] |
| Spouse | Bernard de Winter |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
Mayda Doris Henderson (3 February 1928[1] – 3 September 2015, in Cape Town) was a South African botanist, phytogeographer, and taxonomist.[3][4] She studied at Rhodes University[2] and was best known for her articles published in Kirkia; The Zimbabwe Journal of Botany.[citation needed] She was the recipient of a Southern Africa Medal.[citation needed]
The standard author abbreviation M.D.Hend. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5][6] She was active as a taxonomist from 1954 to 1963.[7]
Selected publications
[edit]- Dyer, R. A.; Henderson, Mayda; Killick, D. J. B.; Meeuse, A. D. J.; Verdcourt, B.; Codd, L. E. (19 November 1958). "New and Interesting Records of African Flowering Plants". Bothalia. 7 (1). South African National Biodiversity Institute: 21–39. doi:10.4102/abc.v7i1.1646. ISSN 2311-9284.
Sources
[edit]- Catalogue of Portraits of Naturalists, Mostly Botanists in the Collections of the Hunt Institute, the Linnean Society of London, and the Conservatoire Et Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève: Portraits on individuals, E-H. Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University. 1987. p. 565. ISBN 978-0-913196-50-2. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Mayda Doris Henderson". Bionomia. 3 February 1928. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Deceased 2015". Rhodes University – Where leaders learn. 8 August 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (6 June 2018). Directory of eponymous plant names - extended edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5.
- ^ "Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries - Search: Mayda Doris Henderson". Harvard University Herbaria. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. M.D.Hend.
- ^ "Henderson, Mayda Doris on JSTOR". plants.jstor.org. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
- ^ Figueiredo, E.; Smith, G.F. (2021). "Women in the first three centuries of formal botany in southern Africa". Blumea. 3 (66): 302. doi:10.3767/blumea.2021.66.03.10.
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