> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 721](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355808) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/6901-1) LSID 6901-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1515170) QID Q1515170 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Nel, Gert Cornelius (1885-1950), South African botanist; Dr. phil. Berlin 1914 (under Engler); professor of botany at Stellenbosch, South Africa 1921-1950. **Abbreviated name**: *Nel* \[standard form in IPNI: *Nel*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection STE|STE]] and [[Collection STE|STE]]-U; further material at [[Collection PRE|PRE]]. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 657; Barnhart 2: 543; BJI 2: 123; Hirsch p. 211; Hortus 3: 1200 ("Nel"); IH 2: (in press); Kew 4: 126; Plesch p. 347; Zander ed. 10, p. 697, ed. 11, p. 794. - Bullock, A. A., Bibl. S. Afr. bot. 79. 1978. - Exell, A. W. & G. H. Hayes, Kirkia 6(1): 98. 1967 (Fl. zambes. mat. at PRE). - Herre, H., Genera Mesembr. 50-51, 1971 (portr.). - Jordaan, P.G., *in* G. C. Nel, The Gibbaeum Handbook 14-19. 1953 (portr., biogr.,b. 6 Apr 1885, d. 16 Feb 1950). - Phillips, E. P., S. Afr. J. Sci. 27: 62.. 1930. - Schwantes, Möll. deut. Gärtn-Zeit. 43: 92. 1928 (epon.). - Tyrrell-Glynn, W. & M. L. Levyns, Fl. afric. 52. 1963. - White, A. & B. L. Sloane, The Stapelieae 99, 154, 157. 1933, ed. 2. 19 \[index\]. 1937. #### Eponymy *Nelia*Schwantes (1928). ### Publications ##### n.6728. Lithops **Title** *Lithops*plantae succulentae, rarissimae, in terra obscuratae, e familia Aizoaceae, ex Africa australi, G. C. Nel botanices professor apud Universitatem Stellenbossiensem \[1946\]. **Abbreviated title**: *Lithops*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jun-Dec 1946 (p. \[2\]: Jun 1946), p. \[i-xii\], \[1\]-178, *pl. 1-43. Copy*: NY.