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Inez Clare Verdoorn
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<h2 id="honours-and-fellowships">Honours and fellowships</h2> <ul><li>1952 Senior Capt. Scott Medal by the SA Biological Society</li> <li>1957 President of the SA Biological Society</li> <li>1964 President of Section B of the SA Association for the Advancement of Science</li> <li>1967 PhD (honorary) from the <a href="/facts/University_of_Natal/TR9aRhE7">University of Natal</a></li></ul> <p>She is commemorated by the <a href="/facts/Asteraceae/bouc6v8C">Composite</a> genus <i><a href="/facts/Inezia_(plant)/jIypoqkN">Inezia</a></i> Phill.,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> <i>Aloe verdoorniae</i> <a href="/facts/G._W._Reynolds/5rTNXjDp">Reynolds</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> <i>Senecio verdoorniae</i> <a href="/facts/Robert_Allen_Dyer/HR9b2kP3">R.A.Dyer</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> <i>Teclea verdoorniana</i> Exell & Mendonça,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> and also Volume 28 of the book, <i><a href="/facts/Flowering_Plants_of_Africa/NqdDMV2H">Flowering Plants of Africa</a></i>, which was specially dedicated to her. </p><p>Her collected specimens total some 4000, many were collected with <a href="/facts/Leslie_Edward_Wostall_Codd/IJmH9olj">Leslie Edward Wostall Codd</a>, <a href="/facts/Robert_Allen_Dyer/HR9b2kP3">Robert Allen Dyer</a>, <a href="/facts/Anna_Amelia_Obermeyer/T7RJzjsA">Anna Amelia Obermeyer</a> and <a href="/facts/Herold_Georg_Wilhelm_Johannes_Schweickerdt/dMcYerNh">Herold Georg Wilhelm Johannes Schweickerdt</a>. </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Glen, Hugh F. (2004). Sappi What's in a Name: The Meanings of the Botanical Names of Trees. Jacana Media. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-77009-040-8. <a href="978-1-77009-040-8" target="_blank">978-1-77009-040-8</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Encephalartos eugene-maraisii". www.plantzafrica.com. Retrieved 28 February 2021. <a href="http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantefg/encepheugenemarais.html" target="_blank">http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantefg/encepheugenemarais.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Gunn, Mary; Codd, L. E. (1981). "Verdoorn, Inez Clare (1896- 1)". Botanical Exploration Southern Africa. Cape Town: publ. for the Botanical research institute by A. A. Balkema. p. 361. ISBN 9780869611296. <a href="9780869611296" target="_blank">9780869611296</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Brummitt, R. K.; C. E. Powell (1992). Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-085-4. <a href="1-84246-085-4" target="_blank">1-84246-085-4</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9. <a href="978-0-8493-2676-9" target="_blank">978-0-8493-2676-9</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Aloe verdoorniae | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 3 July 2023. <a href="https://www.ipni.org/n/530018-1" target="_blank">https://www.ipni.org/n/530018-1</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Senecio verdoorniae | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 3 July 2023. <a href="https://www.ipni.org/n/248177-1" target="_blank">https://www.ipni.org/n/248177-1</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Teclea verdoorniana | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 3 July 2023. <a href="https://www.ipni.org/n/775335-1" target="_blank">https://www.ipni.org/n/775335-1</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>