Rafaël Herman Anna Govaerts (born 1968) is a
Belgian botanist. He is particularly noted for his work on plant
taxonomy
image:Hierarchical clustering diagram.png, 280px, Generalized scheme of taxonomy
Taxonomy is a practice and science concerned with classification or categorization. Typically, there are two parts to it: the development of an underlying scheme o ...
.
He studied a Bachelor in Science at the
European University College Brussels (EHSAL), and since 1994, has worked at the
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. An internationally important botanical research and education institution, it employs 1,10 ...
.
He is the principal contributor to the
World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (usually abbreviated to WCSP) was an "international collaborative programme that provides the latest peer reviewed and published opinions on the accepted scientific names and synonyms of selected p ...
, which was completed in 2023, and will continue to be updated as
Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online taxonomic database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
History
Following the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew launched Plants of the World Online i ...
.
He is also a Fellow of the
Linnean Society of London
The Linnean Society of London is a learned society dedicated to the study and dissemination of information concerning natural history, evolution, and Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy. It possesses several important biological specimen, manuscript a ...
.
References
External sources
Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Staff Profile
20th-century Belgian botanists
Botanists active in Kew Gardens
Botanists with author abbreviations
Belgian expatriates in the United Kingdom
Living people
1968 births
Place of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Belgian botanists
Fellows of the Linnean Society of London
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