John Patrick Rourke














John Patrick Rourke
Born
(1942-03-26) 26 March 1942 (age 76)
Cape Town

NationalitySouth African
Known for
Cape Flora, Proteaceae
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
Institutions
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden and Compton Herbarium
Author abbrev. (botany)Rourke

John Rourke (born 26 March 1942, Cape Town) is a South African botanist, who worked at the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden and who became curator of the Compton Herbarium. He is a specialist in the Flora of the Cape Floristic Region, in particular the Proteaceae family.


He studied at the University of Cape Town from 1960 to 1970, where he got his B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. He started working at Kirstenbosch from 1966, and succeeded Winsome Fanny Barker as curator of the Compton Herbarium in 1972. He published several revisions of Proteacean genera including Leucadendron, Leucospermum, Mimetes, Vexatorella, Sorocephalus and Spatalla.[1] In 1997 he was made foreign member of the Linnean Society of London. Several plant species were named in his honor including Cleretum rourkei, Grubbia rourkei, Watsonia rourkei, Leucadendron rourkei, Galium rourkei, Acmadenia rourkeana and Diosma rourkei.[2]


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



References




  1. ^ Gunn, Mary; Codd, L.E.W. (1975). Botanical Exploration Southern Africa. Flora of Southern Africa. CRC Press. p. 302. ISBN 0869611291..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  2. ^ "John Patrick Rourke". sieplex.


  3. ^ IPNI.  Rourke.







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