Gert Cornelius was die seun van Louis Louwrenz Nel en Judith Margaretha Moolman.
Gert Cornelius Nel (6 April 1885 – 16 February 1950)
was a South African botanist. Nel was
born in 1885 in Greytown, Natal Province on a farm. He earned a BA at the
University of Stellenbosch then earned a doctorate in botany at the University
of Berlin under both Adolf Engler and Gottlieb Haberlandt. Nel emphasized
African plant species in his studies, especially in the families Amaryllidaceae
and Hypoxidaceae. He provided numerous first descriptions of species of the
genera Forbesia, Ianthe, Hypoxis, and Rhodohypoxis. In 1921, Nel became a Professor of Botany at the
University of Stellenbosch, a position he would hold until his death. Nel published the first book on the plant
genus Lithops in the Aizoaceae family in 1946, entitled Lithops. Lithops are
native to southern Africa and known for their stone-like appearance. Nel died in Stellenbosch in 1950. The
genus Nelia, a flowering plant of the Aizoaceae family, is named in his honor. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gert_Cornelius_Nel)
(https://www.cactuspro.com/biblio_fichiers/pdf/Nel/Nel_Gibbaeum.pdf)
(https://www.cactuspro.com/biblio_fichiers/pdf/Nel/Nel_Gibbaeum.pdf)
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