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of Africa. A member of several botanical societies, he was also
General Secretary (1982–1985) of the Association for the Taxonomic Study of Tropical African Flora.
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420:"A revised generic synopsis of Hyacintheaceae in sub-Saharan Africa, based on molecular evidence, including new combinations and the new tribe Pseudoprospereae"
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461:(February 2009). "A molecular phylogeny and a revised classification of Ornithogaloideae (Hyacinthaceae) based on an analysis of four placid DNA regions".
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Monocotyledons: systematics and evolution (Proceedings of the
International Symposium on Monocotyledons: Systematics and Evolution, Kew 1993)
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The Woody
Iridaceae: Systematics, Biology and Evolution of Nivenia, Klattia and Witsenia. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon (1993).
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Gladiolus in
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Goldblatt has published a large number of scientific publications, and several books (see C.V.).
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The Genus
Watsonia: A Systematic Monograph (Annals of Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens) (1989, 1995)
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Goldblatt started his career as a plant collector in 1962, and worked extensively in
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Cape plants: A conspectus of the Cape flora of South Africa (Strelitzia) (2000)
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Tropical Africa: Systematics, Biology and Evolution (1996, 2003)
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A Revision of the Southern African Genus Babiana, Iridaceae: Crocoideae
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The status of R. Dahlgren's orders Liliales and Melanthiales
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The Iris Family: Natural History and Classification (2008)
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Botany and horticulture of the genus Freesia (Iridaceae)
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Ker in the winter rainfall region of South Africa (1972)
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