Bernard Verdcourt

Bernard Verdcourt (20 January 1925 – 25 October 2011) was a biologist and taxonomist, most widely known as a botanist and latterly an honorary research fellow at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London.[1][2] Prior to coming to Kew in 1964, he was associated with the East African Herbarium for 15 years. Although his best-known work probably consists of his many studies of the East African flora, he has also made extensive contributions relating to African terrestrial mollusks and to entomology. Dr. Verdcourt received the Linnean Medal for botany from the Linnean Society of London in 2000.[3][4][5] His list of publications includes more than 1,000 scientific works.[3] The standard author abbreviation Verdc. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[6]

Bernard Verdcourt
Born(1925-01-20)20 January 1925
Luton, England
Died25 October 2011(2011-10-25) (aged 86)
Maidenhead, Berkshire, England
NationalityBritish
Scientific career
FieldsBiology
Taxonomy

Eponymy

In 2012, botanists H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi published Verdesmum is a monotypic genus of flowering plants from Malaysia belonging to the family Fabaceae, it was named in Bernard Verdcourt's honour.[7] In Rubiaceae, the names Chlorochorion Robbr. & Puff and Tricalysia verdcourtiana Robbr. are dedicated to him.

Selected major works
  • Verdcourt, B. (1951–1957). Notes on the snails of north-east Tanganyika Territory. [Eight parts]
  • Verdcourt, B. et al. (1956–1995). Flora of Tropical East Africa. Kew Bulletin and other publications. [Accounts of 71 families]
  • Verdcourt B. (1958) Remarks on the classification of the Rubiaceae. Bull. Jard. Bot. Etat, Brux. 28: 209-281.
  • Verdcourt, B. et al. (2001–2005). Flora of Tropical East Africa. Rotterdam: Balkema. [Accounts of 12 families]

References
  1. Science Obituaries: Bernard Verdcourt
  2. Beentje, Henk Jaap; Polhill, Roger; Lewis, Gwilym (2013). "Bernard Verdcourt (1925 – 2011)". Kew Bulletin. 68 (4): 527–534. doi:10.1007/s12225-013-9466-9. JSTOR 24717374. S2CID 2761247 – via JSTOR.
  3. Award to Bernard Vercourt. Kew Scientist: Apr 2000(17):4.
  4. "Verdcourt, Bernard - Kew: Science Directory". Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2008. Kew Gardens
  5. http://www.linnean.org/index.php?id=347 Linnean Society of London
  6. International Plant Names Index.  Verdc.
  7. "Verdesmum H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 March 2021.


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