Illtyd Buller Pole-Evans - Legacy

Legacy

Pole-Evans is commemorated by the grass genus Polevansia De Winter, and by numerous specific names such as Aloe pole-evansii, Dinteranthus pole-evansii, Gladiolus pole-evansii etc., as well as Volume 20 of Flowering Plants of South Africa. Scadoxus pole-evansii is named for his son, Reginald.

The standard author abbreviation Pole-Evans is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.

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