> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 895](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33334034) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/10106-1) LSID 10106-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5338600) QID Q5338600 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Stephens, Edith Layard (1884-1966), South African botanist; studied at the South African College (later: Univ. Cape Town) and Cambridge University (U.K.); lecturer in botany at the University of Cape Town 1911-1940; honorary reader in plant taxonomy, Bolus herbarium, Cape Town 1952. **Abbreviated name**: *Stephens* \[standard form in IPNI: *Stephens*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection BOL|BOL]]; further material at [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection PRE|PRE]], [[Collection PREM|PREM]], [[Collection SAM|SAM]]. Rhodesian material at [[Collection BM|BM]]. – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 324; Bossert p. 382; TL-2/2448; Tucker 1: 668. #### Biofile - Anon., Standard Encycl. S. Afr. 10: 275. 1974. - Bullock, A.A., Bibl. S. Afr. bot. 113. 1978. - Gunn, M. & L.E. Codd, Bot. Expl. S. Afr. 334-335. 1981. - Levyns, M.R., The South African Forum botanicum 4(4): 1-2. 1966 (obit., 6 Dec 1884, d. 2 Mar 1966). - Lowden, R.M., Taxon, Index pers. names vols. 1-30. 701. 1985. - Plessis, Enid Du, J. Bot. Soc. S. Afr. 54: 42-47. 1968 (obit., portr.). - Rosenthal, Eric, S. Afr. dict. natl. biogr. 360. s.d. - Tölken, H.R., Index herbariorum austro-africanorum 50. 1971. #### Composite works - (1) W.H. Harvey et al., *Fl. cap., Geissolomaceae* 5(2) 1: 98-100. Apr 1915; *Penaeaceae* ib. 81-98. Apr 1915. - (2) Editor, *The Cape Naturalist* 1934-1939. #### Note Outside our period: *Some South African edible fungi*, 1953 and *Some South African poisonous and inedible fungi*, 1953. (Longmans Field Handbooks).