About John Patrick Rourke
Born 1942. John Patrick Rourke is a South African botanist, known for Cape Floristic Region and Proteaceae.
John Patrick Rourke FMLS (born 26 March 1942 in Cape Town) is a South African botanist, who worked at the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden and became curator of the Compton Herbarium. He is a specialist in the flora of the Cape Floristic Region, in particular the family Proteaceae.
Career Rourke studied at the University of Cape Town from 1960 to 1970, where he obtained his B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. He started working at Kirstenbosch in 1966, and succeeded Winsome Fanny Barker as curator of the Compton Herbarium in 1972. He published several revisions of Proteacean genera including Leucadendron, Leucospermum, Mimetes, Vexatorella, Sorocephalus and Spatalla.
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John Patrick Rourke was born on 26 March 1942 in Cape Town.
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John Patrick Rourke is a botanist.
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John Patrick Rourke is known for Cape Floristic Region and Proteaceae.
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John Patrick Rourke is South African.
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