Helena Madelain Lamond Forbes

Helena M. L. Forbes (11 September 1900 – 5 September 1959) was a Scottish botanist, plant collector and curator who worked primarily on South African flora.

Biography Helena Madelain Lamond Forbes was born on 11 September 1900 in Forfar, Scotland. When she was a young child, her parents emigrated to Durban and Forbes childhood was spent there. She became responsible for herbarium maintenance and plant identification. From 1936 to 1937, she worked at Kew Gardens as the South African Liaison Officer. She subsequently returned to South Africa, where she joined the National Herbarium in Pretoria in 1938. some of which include: the taxon Ophrestia; Kalanchoe albiflora. During her time at the Natal Herbarium she contributed 1400 specimens to the collection, most of which were from the region.

Selected publications

'The Genus Psoralea Linn.' in Bothalia (1936). 'A further record of the genus azalea in South Africa. A. Alata (sim) h. Forbes.' South African Journal of Science (1939).