Winsome Fanny Barker

Winsome Fanny Barker
Born(1907-09-23)23 September 1907
Jamestown, Cape Colony
Died27 December 1994(1994-12-27) (aged 87)
Wynberg, Cape Town
Other names"Buddy"
Alma materRhodes University College
Known forEstablishing and curating the herbarium collection at Kirstenbosch
Scientific career
Fieldsbotany
InstitutionsKirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
Kew Gardens

Winsome Fanny Barker (23 September 1907 – 27 December 1994) was a South African botanist and plant collector noted for her work as Curator building the collection at the herbarium of the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, as well as her research on Amaryllidaceae, Liliaceae and Haemodoraceae.[1][2]

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