Pauline Lesley Perry

Pauline Lesley Perry (13 August 1927 – 26 December 2015) was a British-South African botanist, horticulturalist and plant collector.

Early life and education Pauline Lesley Perry studied at Wye College, University of London in 1946–1949, graduating Bachelor of Sciences, and then taught biology in the United Kingdom before coming to South Africa in 1972.

Career From 1976 Perry worked with the National Botanic Gardens of South Africa, stationed at the Karoo Botanic Granden, Worcester, specializing in geophytes from the winter rainfall region of the Cape, especially Namaqualand. In 1984, Perry started collecting plants, especially spermatophytes. She published 85 names of plants.

Pauline Lesley Perry retired in 1989. Growing Geophytes at the Karoo Gardens (1991), A revision of the genus Eriospermum (Eriospermaceae) (1994), and Bulbinella in South Africa (1999) based on the part of a M.Sc. thesis submitted to the Botany Department of the University of Cape Town. She died there on 26 December 2015, at the age of 88.

Works A floristic analysis of the Nieuwoudtville Wild Flower Reserve north-western Cape. By Deirdre A. Snijman and Pauline L. Perry, 1987 A vegetation survey of the Karoo National Botanic Garden Reserve, Worcester. By Jennifer Smitheman and Pauline Perry, 1990 Bulbinella - a Neglected Garden Plant? Veld & Flora, 1990 Growing Geophytes at the Karoo Gardens (1991)

Eponyms Bokkeveldia perryae (Snijman) D.Müll.-Doblies & U.Müll.-Doblies Strumaria perryae Snijman Lachenalia perryae G.D.Duncan