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### Author
Phillips, Edwin Percy (1884-1967), South African botanist; Dr. sci. Univ. Cape 1915; with the South African Museum at Capetown 1917-1918; from 1918-1944 at the National Herbarium, Pretoria (chief (1939-1944).
**Abbreviated name**: *E. Phillips* \[standard form in IPNI: *E.Phillips*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection PRE|PRE]] and [[Collection SAM|SAM]] (earlier coll.); duplicates [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection BOL|BOL]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GRA|GRA]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection PRE|PRE]], [[Collection SAM|SAM]], [[Collection WELC|WELC]], [[Collection Z|Z]]. –Collector' registers at [[Collection PRE|PRE]]. – Letters at [[Collection G|G]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 81; BJI 2: 134; BL 1: 23, 29, 54, 92, 313; BM 8: 1007; Bossert p. 309 (b. 18 Feb 1884, d. 12 Apr 1967); Hortus 3: 1201 (E.P. Phillips); Kew 4: 297-298; LS 37919; NI 3: 74; SIA/HI 107; TL-2/2448; Zander ed. 10, p. 701, ed. 11, p. 800.
#### Biofile
- Anon., J.S., Afr. biol. Soc. 7/8: 87. 1968 (obit.); S. Afr. Tydskr. Wet. 63(8): 332. 1967; The Public Servant 1967 (Mai): 7 (n.v.).
- Bullock, A.A., Bibl. S. Afr. bot. 84-89. 1978 (main bibl.).
- Goldblatt, P., Taxon 29: 690. 1980 (coll. MO).
- Guillarmod, A. J., Musées de Genève 38: 12. 1963, Fl. Lesotho 54, 64. 1971 (on Fl. Leribe Plateau).
- Gunn, M.D., Bothalia 10(1): 1-3. 1969 (obit., portr., b. 18 Feb 1884, d. 12 Apr 1967).
- Gunn, M.D. & L.E. Codd, Bot. expl. S. Afr. 219, 280. 1981 (coll., portr., biogr.).
- Hedge, I.C. & J.M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinb. herb. 118. 1970.
- Karsten, M.C., The old Company's Garden 159-162. 1951.
- Leistner, O.A., Taxon 16: 572-573. 1967 (b. 18 Feb 1884, d. 12 Apr 1967).
- Levijns, M.R.B., Insnar'd with flowers 15. 1977.
- Phillips, E.P., S. Afr. J. Sci. 27: 55, 65, 68, 69. 1930.
- Tölken, H.R., Index herbariorum austro-africanorum 49. 1971 (coll.).
- Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 2: 2, 263, 266, 329. 1936, 3: 2, 232, 233. 1937, 5: 119, 510. 1939, 6: 301. 1941.
- White, A. & B.L. Sloane, The Stapelieae 205. 1933, ed. 2, 20 \[index\]. 1937 (portr., p. 135.).
#### Composite works
- (1) *Flora capensis, Proteaceae* (with J. Hutchinson and O. Stapf), *in* 5(1, 3): 502-640. Jan 1912, 5(1, 4): 641-718. Jun 1912.
- (2) *The flowering plants of South Africa*, editor vols. 1-24.
#### Dedication
*The flowering plants of Africa*, vol. 25, ed. R.A. Dyer, frontisp. portr. Phillips.
#### Eponymy
*Susanna* E.P. Phillips, 1950, commemorates Mrs. Susan Phillips, née Kriel, second wife to E.P. Phillips.
### Publications
##### n.7859. A contribution to the flora of the Leribe Plateau
**Title**
*A contribution to the flora of the Leribe Plateau* and environs: with a discussion on the relationships of the floras of Basutoland, the Kalahari, and the South-Eastern Regions ... \[Annals of the South African Museum vol. xvi(1). 1917\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 21 Jun 1917 (as testified by publisher, see MO copy), p. 1-379, *pl. 1-7. Copies*: MO, NY. – Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 16(1): 1-379, *pl. 1-7.* To be cited from journal. Doctor's thesis.
##### n.7860. A preliminary list of the known poisonous plants found in South Africa
**Title**
Botanical survey of South Africa. Memoir no. 9. *A preliminary list of the known poisonous plants found in South Africa*... Pretoria (The Government Printing and Stationery Office) 1926.
**Abbreviated title**: *List poison. pl. S. Afr.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: early 1926 (printing finished 3 Oct 1925, 1000 copies), p. \[1\]-30, *pl. 1-20* (mostly col.). *Copies*: MO, USDA.
##### n.7861. The genera of South African flowering plants
**Title**
*The genera of South African flowering plants*... Cape Town (Cape Times limited, government printers) 1926. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Gen. S. Afr. fl. pl.*
**Notes**
*Ed. 1*: Nov 1926 (p. \[iii\]: 11 Jan 1926; MO copy rd. 28 Mai 1927; J. Bot. Aug 1927; personal copy C.A. Smith at PRE; Nov 1926, inf. O. Leistner), p. \[i-vii\], \[1\]-702.
*Copies*: B, G, MO, NY, US, USDA. – Botanical Survey of South Africa, Memoir 10.
*Ed. 2*: 1951 (p. \[vii\]: 21 Sep 1950; published by 29 Nov 1951, fide O. Leistner), p. \[i-xi\], \[1\]-923. *Copies*: B, BR, FI, MO, US.
*Ref*.: Phillips, E.P., S. Afr. J. Sci. 30: 220-221. 1933 (additions).
- Rendle, A.B., J. Bot. 65: 232-233. Aug 1927.
##### n.7862. A brief sketch of the development of botanical science in South Africa
**Title**
*A brief sketch of the development of botanical science in South Africa* and the contribution of South Africa to botany... Presidential address to Section C of the South African Association for the Advancement of Science, delivered July 9th. 1930. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Nov 1930 (in journal), p. \[i\], \[1\]-44. *Copy*: G. – To be cited from S. Afr. J. Sci. 27: 39-80. Nov 1930.
##### n.7863. An introduction to the study of the South African grasses
**Title**
South African agricultural series – volume 6. *An introduction to the study of the South African grasses* with notes on their structure, distribution, cultivation, etc. (with one hundred and twenty-one plates and text figures)... South Africa (Central News Agency, limited) 1931. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Intr. S. Afr. grass.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jan-Mar 1931 (Nat. Nov. Apr 1931; J. Bot. Jun 1931), p. \[1\]-224, *pl. 1-26, 26a, 27-121. Copies*: B, BR, G, MO, NY, US, USDA. – South African agricultural series, volume 6.
*Ref*.: Anon., J. Bot. 69: 173-174. 1931.
##### n.7864. The weeds of South Africa
**Title**
*The weeds of South Africa*... Pretoria (printed... by the Government Printer) 1938. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Weeds S. Afr.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1938, p. \[1\]-229. *Copies*: MO, US. – Bull. 195, Union of S. Africa, Dept. Agr., Div. Bot. ser. no. 41.