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Students
Postdoctoral
4
Doctoral
26
Master’s
22
Honours
14
Undergraduate
414
Total
480
Research Fields and Staff
Permanent staff
Professor Jeremy Midgley
Head of Department; plant ecology; evolutionary biology;
forest ecosystem dynamics.
Professor John J. Bolton
Phycology; marine and freshwater biology; mariculture.
Professor William J. Bond
Plant ecology; evolutionary biology; conservation biology;
fire and community dynamics.
Dr Samson B. Chimphango
Physiology; nitrogen fixation.
Associate Professor Michael D. Cramer
Physiology; ecophysiology; plant nutrition.
Dr Edmund February
Senior Lecturer: palaeoecology; ecophysiology.
Dr Lindsey Gillson
Deputy Director of the Plant ConservationUnit: conservation
ecology; palaeoecology; theoretical ecology; landscape
history.
Professor Terry Hedderson
Plant systematics; bryology; molecular systematics; life
history traits.
Professor M. Timm Hoffman
Director of the Plant Conservation Unit: plant ecology;
conservation biology; community ecology; biodiversity.
Dr A. Muthama Muasya
Senior Lecturer: plant systematics; molecular systematics;
biogeography.
Dr Anthony G. Verboom
Senior Lecturer: Plant systematics, ecophysiology,
biogeography.
Honorary Professors
Professor Richard Cowling
Plant ecology; conservation biology; community ecology;
biodiversity.
Professor John S. Donaldson
Biodiversity.
Professor Peter Linder
Systematics; taxonomy; evolutionary biology.
Honorary Associate Professors
Associate Professor Robert J. Anderson
Phycology.
Honorary Research Associates
Dr N. Allsopp
Ecophysiology
Dr N. Bergh
Systematics
Dr P. Carrick
Restoration ecology
Dr B Harding
Phycology
Dr S. Higgins
Ecosystems Ecology.
Dr A.G. Rebelo
Ecology.
Dr R. Rohde
Environmental Historian.
Dr G. Scott
Systematics.
Dr A. Seydack
Forest Ecology.
Professor C. Stirton
Plant Systematics.
Contact Details
Postal address: Department of Botany, University of Cape
Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa
Telephone: +27 21 650 2447
Fax: +27 21 650 4041
E-mail: bot-web@uct.ac.za
Web: http://www.uct.ac.za/depts/botany/