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### Author
Pillans, Neville Stuart (1884-1964), South African botanist; studied at Cambridge; at the Bolus Herbarium 1918-1953.
**Abbreviated name**: *Pillans* \[standard form in IPNI: *Pillans*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection BOL|BOL]] and [[Collection NBG|NBG]]; further material at [[Collection BH|BH]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection J|J]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection PRE|PRE]], [[Collection SAM|SAM]], [[Collection STE|STE]], [[Collection U|U]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 86; Bossert p. 311 (b. 2 Mai 1884, d. 23 Mar 1904); Hortus 3: 1201 (Pillans); IH 1 (ed. 7): 340; Kew 4: 311; Kew-abbr. 168 (Pill.).
#### Biofile
- Anon., South Afr. Forum bot. 2(5): 1-2. 1964 (d. 23 Mar 1964).
- Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 269.285. 1980.
- Bullock, A.A., Bibl. S. Afr. bot. 90. 1978.
- Gunn, M.D. & L.E. Codd, Bot. expl. S. Afr. 281-282. 1981 (biogr. portr., coll.).
- Hutchinson, J., Bot. S. Afr. 53-54. 1946 (portr.).
- Oliver, E.G.K., J. Bot. Soc. S. Afr. 51: 42. 1965.
- Phillips, E.P., S. Afr. J. Sci. 27: 65. 1930.
- White, A. & B.L. Sloane, The Stapeliae 205 \[index\]. 1933, ed. 2. 20 \[index\]. 1937.
#### Eponymy
*Pillansia* Bolus (1914).