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Pauline Lesley Perry (born 13 August 1927, London) is a South African botanist, horticulturalist and plant collector.

Early life and education

Pauline Lesley Perry studied at Wye College, University of London in 1946–1949, graduating Bachelor of Sciences, and then taught biology in the United Kingdom before coming to South Africa in 1972.

Career

From 1976 Perry worked with the National Botanic Gardens of South Africa, stationed at the Karoo Botanic Granden, Worcester, specializing in geophytes from the winter rainfall region of the Cape, especially Namaqualand. She and Dierdre Anne Snijman made many field trips in this region. In 1984, Perry started collecting plants, especially spermatophytes. She published 85 names of plants.

Pauline Lesley Perry retired in 1989. After retirement, she continued publishing scientific articles and books, such as A vegetation survey of the Karoo National Botanic Garden Reserve, Worcester (1990), Growing Geophytes at the Karoo Gardens (1991),  A revision of the genus Eriospermum (Eriospermaceae) (1994), and Bulbinella in South Africa (1999) based on the part of a M.Sc. thesis submitted to the Botany Department of the University of Cape Town.

Generic plants’ name perryae honors Perry.

Works

• A floristic analysis of the Nieuwoudtville Wild Flower Reserve north-western Cape. By Deirdre A. Snijman and Pauline L. Perry, 1987
• A vegetation survey of the Karoo National Botanic Garden Reserve, Worcester. By Jennifer Smitheman and Pauline Perry, 1990
• Bulbinella - a Neglected Garden Plant? Veld & Flora, 1990
• Growing Geophytes at the Karoo Gardens (1991) 
• A revision of the genus Eriospermum (Eriospermaceae). By Deirdre A. Snijman and Pauline L. Perry, 1994
• Bylbinella in South Africa, 1999

Eponyms

• Bokkeveldia perryae (Snijman) D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies
• Strumaria perryae Snijman
• Lachenalia perryae G.D.Duncan

References

1. ^ "Plant Names P-Z". www.calflora.net. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
2. ^ Glen, H.F.; Glen, H. F. (2010). Botanical Exploration of Southern Africa : :An illustrated history of early botanical literature on the Cape Flora, Biographical accounts of the leading plant collectors and their activities in southern Africa form the days of the East India Company until the modern times. Vol. 26 (2nd. ed.). Pretoria: SANBI. p. 348. ISBN 978-1-919976-54-9.
3. "DIERDRE ANNE SNIJMAN: 1997 Herbert medalist". 7 February 2007. Archived from the original on 7 February 2007. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
4. "Perry, Pauline Lesley (1927-) on JSTOR". plants.jstor.org. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
5. "Perry, Pauline Lesley | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
6. Smitheman, Jennifer; Perry, Pauline (2016). "A vegetation survey of the Karoo National Botanic Garden Reserve, Worcester". South African Journal of Botany. 56 (5).
7. ^ Perry P. (1 June 1991). "Growing Geophytes at the Karoo Gardens". Veld & Flora. 77 (2): 48–50. hdl:10520/AJA00423203_1913.
8. ^ Perry, Pauline L; Hall, A. V (1994). A revision of the genus Eriospermum (Eriospermaceae). Cape Town, South Africa: Bolus Herbarium, University of Cape Town. OCLC 741872558.
9. International Plant Names Index.  P.L.Perry.
10. Snijman, Deirdré; Perry, Pauline (December 1987). "A floristic analysis of the Nieuwoudtville Wild Flower Reserve north-western Cape". South African Journal of Botany. 53 (6): 445–454. doi:10.1016/S0254-6299(16)31378-3.
11. Smitheman, Jennifer; Perry, Pauline (1 October 1990). "A vegetation survey of the Karoo National Botanic Garden Reserve, Worcester". South African Journal of Botany. 56 (5): 525–541. doi:10.1016/S0254-6299(16)31019-5. ISSN 0254-6299.
12. Perry, Pauline (December 1990). "Bulbinella - a Neglected Garden Plant?" (PDF). Veld & Flora.
13. Perry, Pauline L. (1999). Bulbinella in South Africa. Pretoria: National Botanical Institute. ISBN 1-919795-46-4. OCLC 43833468.

• 1927 births
• Living people
• South African women botanists
• 20th-century South African botanists
• 20th-century South African women scientists
• Alumni of Wye College