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Terence Macleane Salter (5 February 1883 – 30 March 1969) was a British/South African plant collector and
He worked with Robert Stephen Adamson, with whom he published the ''Flora of the Cape Peninsula'' in 1950. He was employed at the Bolus Herbarium until 1960, during which time he became a specialist on the Cape flora, in particular the genus '' Oxalis''.
He died in Cape Town at an age of 86 years old.
botanist
Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...
. Among the plant taxa named in his honor are the genus ''Saltera
''Penaea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Penaeaceae, found in southern South Africa. They have an unusual type of embryo sac development; after two rounds of mitosis, four nuclei are formed at each pole, leading to a mature embryo ...
'' ( Penaeaceae) and the orchid '' Disa salteri''.
Biography
Salter was the second child of Emily Susannah Wilding and James Colam Salter. He was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. He joined the Royal Navy in 1900 and was promoted to assistant paymaster in 1901. He served aboard '' HMS Majestic'' inGibraltar
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. He became paymaster-captain in 1916.
He was stationed at Naval Base Simon's Town
Naval Base Simon's Town is the South African Navy's largest naval base, situated at Simon's Town, near Cape Town. The base provides support functions to Fleet Command.
History
A small dockyard facility was first established in Simon's Town by th ...
, South Africa, from 1927 until his retirement in 1931 at the rank of Paymaster Commander. During his commission in Simon's Town, he collected mainly from the Cape area. The specimens he collected during this period were added to the herbarium
A herbarium (plural: herbaria) is a collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study.
The specimens may be whole plants or plant parts; these will usually be in dried form mounted on a sheet of paper (called ...
collection at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Natural History Museum, London.
After his emigration to South Africa in 1935, he resumed his collecting work, for the herbarium collections of South African National Biodiversity Institute
The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) is an organisation established in 2004 in terms of the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, No 10 of 2004, under the South African Department of Environmental Affairs ( ...
and the Bolus Herbarium
The Bolus Herbarium was established in 1865 from a donation by Harry Bolus of his extensive herbarium and library to the South African College, which later became the University of Cape Town.
Its collection of specimens numbers over 320 000, mak ...
until 1957.
He worked with Robert Stephen Adamson, with whom he published the ''Flora of the Cape Peninsula'' in 1950. He was employed at the Bolus Herbarium until 1960, during which time he became a specialist on the Cape flora, in particular the genus '' Oxalis''.
He died in Cape Town at an age of 86 years old.
Eponyms
Salter has several plant taxa named in his honor, including the genus ''Saltera
''Penaea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Penaeaceae, found in southern South Africa. They have an unusual type of embryo sac development; after two rounds of mitosis, four nuclei are formed at each pole, leading to a mature embryo ...
'' ( Penaeaceae), the orchid '' Disa salteri'', ''Lachenalia salteri
''Lachenalia'' is a genus of bulbous perennial plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae, which are usually found in Namibia and South Africa. Most of them have a dormancy period, but new roots will always grow every year.
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'', '' Lampranthus salteri'' and '' Oxalis salteri''.
Selected publications
* Notes on some of the species of ''Drosera'' occurring in the cape Peninsula, including the new species ''D. glabripes'' (Harv.) Salter and ''D. curviscapa'' Salter, 1939 * The genus ''Oxalis'' in South Africa, a taxonomic revision, 1944See also
*Felicia nordenstamii
''Felicia nordenstamii'' is a flowering shrub in the family Asteraceae. It is found only in South Africa where it grows on limestone hills close to the sea on the southern coast. ''Felicia nordenstamii'' is a many-branched shrub growing up to ...
References
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