Vanderplank, Helen Joyce (1919-2005)

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Helen Joyce
Last name
Vanderplank
Initials
H.J.
Life Dates
1919 - 2005
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
GRA
Countries
Southern Africa: South Africa
Biography
British-born botanical illustrator from Bristol. Helen Vanderplank was an Englishwoman of Flemish descent who came to South Africa as a kindergarten teacher but later became a lecturer in botany and zoology and an artist on the staff of the Albany Museum in Grahamstown. After retiring to Port Elizabeth, she collected and illustrated, with the steady support of friends, a representative selection of the flowering plants of the region, more than 900 species of wildflowers in two books: Wild Flowers of the Port Elizabeth Area: Swartkops to Sundays Rivers (1998) and Wild Flowers of the Port Elizabeth Area: Gamtoos to Swartkops Rivers (1999).
Vanderplank, Helen Joyce (1919-2005)
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