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Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Department of Plant Science

van Wyk, AE

HOD(PU vir CHO) MSc(PU vir CHO) DSc(Pret) - Professor

NRF Rating: B3

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Contact Details:

Telephone number: 012 420 2545
Fax number: 012 420 2057
E-mail address: braam.vanwyk@up.ac.za

Research Interests:

Systematics, biogeography and utilisation of the southern African flora

Research Output:

Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Trytsman M, van Wyk AE, Masemola EL: 2011. Systematics, diversity and forage value of indigenous legumes of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. African Journal of Biotechnology, 10 (63) / Oct, pp 13773-13779, Full Text

Jordaan M, van Wyk AE, Maurin O: 2011. A conspectus of Combretum (Combretaceae) in southern Africa, with taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on species and sections. Bothalia, 41 (1), pp 135-160, Full Text

Jordaan M, van Wyk AE, Maurin O: 2011. Generic status of Quisqualis (Combretaceae), with notes on the taxonomy and distribution of Q. parviflora. Bothalia, 41 (1), pp 161-169, Full Text

Vosa CG, Siebert SJ, van Wyk AE: 2011. Alliaceae: micromorphology and cytology of Prototulbaghia siebertii, with notes on its taxonomic significance. Bothalia, 41 (2), pp 311-314, Full Text

Klopper RR, van Wyk AE: 2011. Pteridophyta-Sinopteridaceae. A new subspecies of Cheilanthes deltoidea from Gauteng and Limpopo, South Africa. Bothalia, 41 (1), pp 204-207, Full Text

Vosa CG, van Wyk AE, Siebert SJ, Condy G: 2011. Prototulbaghia siebertii (Plate 2264) (Alliaceae). Flowering Plants of Africa, 62, pp 22-28.

van Jaarsveld EJ, van Wyk AE, Loedolff J: 2011. Jensenobotrya lossowiana (Plate 2270) (Mesembryanthemaceae). Flowering Plants of Africa, 62, pp 64-69.

Coetzer LA, van Wyk AE, Buitendag E: 2011. Tylosema fassoglense (Plate 2271) (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae). Flowering Plants of Africa, 62, pp 70-79.

van Jaarsveld EJ, Swanepoel W, van Wyk AE, Thomas V: 2011. Plumbago hunsbergensis (Plate 2273) (Plumbaginaceae). Flowering Plants of Africa, 62, pp 88-93.

Lemaire B, Robbrecht E, van Wyk AE, van Oevelen S, Verstraete B, Prinsen E, Smets E, Dessein S: 2011. Identification, origin and evolution of leaf nodulating symbionts of Sericanthe (Rubiaceae). Journal of Microbiology, 49 (6), pp 935-941, Full Text

Verstraete B, van Elst D, Steyn H, van Wyk AE, Lemaire B, Smets E, Dessein S: 2011. Endophytic Bacteria in toxic South African plants: Identification, Phylogeny and Possible Involvement in Gousiekte. Plos One, 6 (4), pp e19265 1-7, Full Text

Maurin O, van Wyk AE, Jordaan M, van der Bank M: 2011. A new species of Combretum section Ciliatipetala (Combretaceae) from southern Africa, with a key to the regional members of the section. South African Journal of Botany, 77 (1), pp 105-111, Full Text

Moore G, Smith GF, Figueiredo E, Demissew S, Lewis G, Schrire BD, Rico L, van Wyk AE, Luckow M, Kiesling R, Mario Sousa S: 2011. The Acacia controversy resulting from minority rule at the Vienna Nomenclature Section: Much more than arcane arguments and complex technicalities. Taxon, 60 (3) / Jun, pp 852-857, Full Text

Books:

van Wyk AE, van den Berg E, Palgrave MC, Jordaan M: 2011. Dictionary of names for southern African trees. Briza Publications, 956 pp.

 

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